- 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...
-
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...
-
English character 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...
- 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...
- had been
softened from that of Lee; they also
considered him "far too
avuncular",
although in
Licence to Kill they
remarked that he came
across as being...
- 2009. Brennan,
Patricia (March 15, 1992). "John
Astin Joins 'Eerie' As
Avuncular Shopkeeper". The
Washington Post. p. O7. McCauley, Mary
Carole (December...
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eventually produced "an
endearingly avuncular figure". The
historian David Parkinson agrees, and
wrote that Bruce's "
avuncular presence provided the perfect...
