Uncle Sam

noun [U] /ˈʌŋ·kəl ˈsæm/

Definition

› the US, or a symbol for the US or its government that is pictured as a tall, thin man with a white beard (= hair on the face) and a tall hat wearing clothes colored like the American flag

(Definition of Uncle Sam noun from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Our dictionaries

Browse the Thesaurus

“Uncle Sam” in other dictionaries

British English

Browse the Dictionary

Word of the Day

spurn

to refuse to accept something or someone because you feel that they are not worth having

Word of the Day ►

Blog

Read our blog about how the English language behaves.

New Words

Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.