dutch uncle

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   a counselor who admonishes frankly and sternly

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Questions about dutch uncle

What does dutch uncle mean?

dutch uncle means "a counselor who admonishes frankly and sternly".

Is dutch uncle a common word?

dutch uncle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.