Meaning of AUNT
| Pronunciation: | | ant
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[n] the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle |
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AUNT is a 4 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | auntie, aunty |
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| | Antonyms: | | uncle | | |
| | See Also: | | grandaunt, great-aunt, kinswoman, maiden aunt | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Aunt\, n. [OF. ante, F. tante, L. amita father's sister.
Cf. {Amma}.]
1. The sister of one's father or mother; -- correlative to
nephew or niece. Also applied to an uncle's wife.
Note: Aunt is sometimes applied as a title or term of
endearment to a kind elderly woman not thus related.
2. An old woman; and old gossip. [Obs.] --Shak.
3. A bawd, or a prostitute. [Obs.] --Shak.
{Aunt Sally}, a puppet head placed on a pole and having a
pipe in its mouth; also a game, which consists in trying
to hit the pipe by throwing short bludgeons at it.
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| | Related Terms: | | auntie, blood brother, brethren, brother, bub, bubba, bud, buddy, country cousin, cousin, cousin once removed, cousin twice removed, daughter, father, first cousin, foster brother, frater, grandnephew, grandniece, granduncle, great-aunt, great-uncle, half brother, kid brother, mother, nephew, niece, nuncle, nunks, nunky, second cousin, sis, sissy, sister, sister-german, sistern, son, stepbrother, stepsister, unc, uncle, uncs, uterine brother |
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