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AUNTY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aunty mean? 

AUNTY (noun)
  The noun AUNTY has 1 sense:

1. the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncleplay

  Familiarity information: AUNTY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AUNTY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

aunt; auntie; aunty

Hypernyms ("aunty" is a kind of...):

kinswoman (a female relative)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aunty"):

grandaunt; great-aunt (an aunt of your father or mother)

maiden aunt (an unmarried aunt)


 Context examples 


Daisy found it impossible to keep her eyes off her 'pitty aunty', but attached herself like a lap dog to the wonderful chatelaine full of delightful charms.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)



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