Definition of aunt Aunt
/æˈnt/ - [ant] - aunt
We found 14 definitions of aunt from 8 different sources.
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What does aunt mean?
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- aunt (Noun)
A sister or sister-in-law of someone’s parent. - aunt (Noun)
Also great-aunt or grandaunt A person's grandparent's sister or sister-in-law. - aunt (Noun)
Usually auntie A grandmother. - aunt (Noun)
An affectionate term for a woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin .
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- aunt (n.)
The sister of one's father or mother; -- correlative to nephew or niece. Also applied to an uncle's wife. - aunt (n.)
An old woman; and old gossip. - aunt (n.)
A bawd, or a prostitute.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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aunt
Someone with one or more siblings who have one or more children; a brother or sister of someone’s father or mother. -
aunt
A woman with one or more siblings who have one or more children; a sister of someone's father or mother.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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aunt
änt, n. a father's or a mother's sister—also the wife of one's uncle: (obs.) an old woman, a gossip, a procuress or bawd.—Aunt Sally, a pastime at English fairs, in which a wooden head is set on a pole, and in the mouth a pipe, which has to be smashed by throwing sticks or the like at it. [O. Fr. ante (Fr. tante)—L. amita, a father's sister.]
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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aunt
Mine aunt; a bawd or procuress: a title of eminence for the senior dells, who serve for instructresses, midwives, &c. for the dells. CANT. See DELLS.
Wikipedia 
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An aunt is a name used in an extended family.
An aunt is either a sister of one of someone's parents or the wife of their uncle. That person is the aunt's nephew (male) or niece (female). An aunt's child is a cousin.
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🔤- aunt, noun, singular of aunts.
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