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How to pronounce grandaunt in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms great-aunt
Type of aunt, auntie, aunty

Examples of grandaunt

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In 1741 his grandaunt left him a monthly payment, at the condition that he would enter priesthood.
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Sheils had told us that her grandaunt lived near a school, but when we found it, it too was rubble.
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The photo from the late 1920s was among those identified by Lillian Bryson, of Massapequa Park, whose grandaunt was Tippy's owner.
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His christening gown was a newly made replica of the gown originally used by his great-great-great-grandaunt, Princess Victoria, the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria, in 1840.
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  • Great-aunt: an aunt of your father or mother
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