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aunt::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | auntie, aunty |
| Type of | kinswoman |
| Has types | grandaunt, great-aunt, maiden aunt |
Examples of aunt
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It's an isolated country estate belonging to his aunt and supposedly unoccupied.
From the tennessean.com
They later drew her and her aunt from Texas to Tennessee to find a family Bible.
From the charlotteobserver.com
He had been on his own since age 16, when the great aunt who cared for him died.
From the sacbee.com
My aunt in Sheffield is my only living relative, which does make me feel lonely.
From the guardian.co.uk
Have just realised that when Celia's baby arrives I am going to be a great aunt.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The numbers ranged from one aunt who had one child to the aunt with 11 children.
From the post-gazette.com
A year later, with her aunt serving as stage mother, Takamine was in the movies.
From the latimes.com
If the aunt in question wants to find out why she has been blocked, she can ask.
From the denverpost.com
My aunt also taught me a prayer ritual, or vrata, popular among unmarried girls.
From the theatlantic.com
- The sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
- An aunt is a person who is the sister or sister-in-law of a parent. A man with an equivalent relationship is an uncle, and the reciprocal relationship is that of a nephew or niece.
- (Aunts) In kinship terminology, a cousin is a relative with whom one shares a common ancestor (or ancestors). In modern usage, the term is rarely used when referring to a relative in one's own line of descent, or where there is a more specific term to describe the relationship: e.g. ...
- (Aunting) a behavior in which a female other than an infant's mother assists the parent in infant care; aunts may carry or defend the infant
- Father's sister, father's brother's wife, mother's sister, mother's brother's wife
- Qualities or feelings you associate with an actual aunt that mirror aspects of yourself / Family connections; a mother substitute; developing patience / Wordplay on 'ant'
- Onklino, (informal or diminutive) onjo
- This is a female relative. She is the sister of your parental ancestors (father, mother, grandparents, etc.). Some children refer to close female friends (of their parents) as an Aunt, all though there is not any true familial relationship. You would be her (your aunts) niece or nephew. ...
- For a young woman to dream of seeing her aunt, denotes she will receive sharp censure for some action, which will cause her much distress. If this relative appears smiling and happy, slight difference will soon give way to pleasure.
