- The avunculate,
sometimes called avunculism or
avuncularism, is any
social institution where a
special relationship exists between an
uncle and his sisters'...
- An
avunculate marriage is a
marriage with a parent's
sibling or with one's sibling's child—i.e.,
between an
uncle or aunt and
their niece or nephew. Such...
- Thus, a "Dutch uncle" is the
reverse of what is
normally thought of as
avuncular or uncle-like (indulgent and permissive).
During the Anglo-Dutch Wars...
- 2012) was an
English actor with an
extensive repertoire,
specialising in
avuncular,
military and
titled types.
Treves attended the
Nautical College, Pangbourne...
- (1989). In the '90s,
Krishna reinvented himself,
playing the
roles of the
avuncular and
ruthless gangster, big brother, and
cameos in
action dramas. In 1993...
-
Feature Film,
Munaa and Char Dil Char Raahein.
Strongly ****ociated with
avuncular roles,
David is best
known for his
portrayal of "John Chacha" in the 1954...
- Business.
Homer Wells grows up at St. Cloud's, a
Maine orphanage directed by
avuncular Dr.
Wilbur Larch.
Homer is
returned to St. Cloud's
twice by
foster parents...
-
eventually produced "an
endearingly avuncular figure". The
historian David Parkinson agrees, and
wrote that Bruce's "
avuncular presence provided the perfect...
-
conjugal (a
married couple with children, also
called the
nuclear family),
avuncular (a man, his sister, and her children), or
extended (in
addition to parents...
-
networks of
money laundering and corruption. He
sometimes serves as an
avuncular figure to
several of the characters.
Freamon is a
veteran of the Baltimore...
