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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'Uncle Sam' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions Uncle Sam proper noun  A personification of the United States government. Needs You! means The U.S. Army Needs You! Translations:  Etymology: First attested w:1812, 1812. Common folklore holds that his origins come from the men of an army base in Troy, New York, who would receive barrels of meat stamped with the initials U.S. The soldiers joke, jokingly referred to it as the initials of the meat supply, supplier, Uncle Samuel Wilson.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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