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Definition of 'aunt'English
Noun
( en-noun)
A sister or sister-in-law of someone’s parent.
* 2007 , Nancy Eshelman, A Piece of My Mind: Columns from the Patriot-News , page 35:
- I mentioned another aunt , my late mother's sister, who's about the same age.
(also'' great-aunt ''or grandaunt) A person's grandparent's sister or sister-in-law.
(usually auntie) A grandmother.
An affectionate term for a woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.
Antonyms
* (with regard to gender) uncle
* (with regard to ancestry) niece, nephew
Derived terms
* Auntie
* auntie, aunty
* agony aunt
* big auntie
* great-aunt
* grandaunt
* little auntie
* mine aunt
* naunt
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