aunt
    n 1: the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
         [syn: aunt, auntie, aunty] [ant: uncle]

Aunt \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.
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   Note: Aunt is sometimes applied as a title or term of
         endearment to a kind elderly woman not thus related.
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   2. An old woman; and old gossip. [Obs.] --Shak.
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   3. A bawd, or a prostitute. [Obs.] --Shak.
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   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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AUNT, domestic relations. The sister of one's father or mother; she is a
relation in the third degree. Vide 2 Com. Dig. 474 Dane's Ab. c. 126, a. 3.
Sec. 4.