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uncle sam
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Uncle \Un"cle\, n. [OE. uncle, OF. oncle, uncle, F. oncle, fr. L. avunculus a maternal uncle, dim. of avus a grandfather; akin to Lith. avynas uncle, Goth. aw? grandmother, Icel. The brother of one's father or mother; also applied to an aunt's ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Uncle Sam (initials U.S.) is a common national personification of the American government or the United States in general that, according to legend, came into use during the War of 1812 and was supposedly named for Samuel Wilson but whose actual origin ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
symbol of the United States of America, 1813, coined during the war with Britain as a contrast to John Bull , and no doubt suggested by the initials U.S. in abbreviations. "[L]ater statements connecting it with different government officials of the name ...