Uncle+Sam
11Uncle Sam — (engl., spr. önkl ßämm), scherzhafte Benennung der Nordamerikaner, entstanden aus der Abkürzung U.S.Am. = United States of America (Ver. Staaten von Amerika) …
12Uncle Sam — [ˌʌŋkəl ˈsæm] n [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Probably based on U.S., short for United States] informal the US, or the US government, sometimes represented by the figure of a man with a white ↑beard and tall hat …
13Uncle Sam — ► NOUN ▪ a personification of the federal government or citizens of the US. ORIGIN said to have arisen as a flippant expansion of the letters US …
14Uncle Sam — ☆ Uncle Sam n. [extended < abbrev. U.S.] Informal the U.S. (government or people), personified as a tall, spare man with chin whiskers, dressed in a red, white, and blue costume of swallow tailed coat, striped trousers, and tall hat with a… …
15Uncle Sam — Die weit verbreitete Abbildung von Uncle Sam entstammt einem Rekrutierungsplakat aus dem Ersten Weltkrieg von James Montgomery Flagg. Uncle Sam ist die bekannteste Nationalallegorie der Vereinigten Staaten. Er war eine verbreitete Werbefigur,… …
16Uncle Sam — Oncle Sam L Oncle Sam peint par James Montgomery Flagg pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. Oncle Sam (Uncle Sam, en version originale) est un personnage emblématique, symbole des États Unis …
17Uncle Sam — a personification of the government or people of the U.S.: represented as a tall, lean man with white chin whiskers, wearing a blue tailcoat, red and white striped trousers, and a top hat with a band of stars. [1805 15, Amer.; extension of the… …
18Uncle Sam — Un|cle Sam auch: Unc|le Sam 〈[ʌnk(ə)l sæ̣m] ohne Artikel; scherzh. Bez. für〉 die USA [nach der gleichnamigen Figur aus dem 19. Jh.] * * * Un|cle Sam [ ʌŋkl̩ sæm ; engl., wohl nach der scherzh. Deutung von U. S. (= United States) als Abk. für:… …
19Uncle Sam — The United States government was first caricatured as Jonathan, a shrewd Yankee, in Royall Tyler s play The Contrast. But a new personification of the United States government surfaced during the War of 1812. He was Uncle Sam. There are… …
20Uncle Sam — noun a personification of the United States government (Freq. 3) • Instance Hypernyms: ↑fictional character, ↑fictitious character, ↑character * * * ˌUncle ˈSam noun ( …
