uncle sam

1. 1.

   a personification of the United States government

   Broaderfictional character

Questions about uncle sam

What does uncle sam mean?

uncle sam means "a personification of the United States government".

Is uncle sam a common word?

uncle sam is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.