UNCLE


Meaning of UNCLE in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ beloved , favourite/favorite

▪ rich

▪ crazy ( esp. AmE ), drunken , eccentric

▪ bachelor

▪ elderly , old

▪ dead , late

the fortune left to her by her dead ~

He looks so much like his late ~.

▪ maternal , paternal

▪ great (usually great-uncle )

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