aunt

Definition

  • noun: the sister of your father or mother or the wife of your uncle
  • noun: the sister of one's father or mother
  • synonyms: auntie, blood brother, brethren

Examples

  • Hundreds of people write in to the paper's 'agony aunt' [=('US') 'advice columnist'] every week.

  • He has three 'aunts' and two uncles.

  • This is my 'Aunt' Mary.

Movie quotes

  • (..) To say that in front of the kids. Absolutely. Understood. It won't happen again. Okay. Dad, how did aunt Leslie die? Well, aunt Leslie was sick, and she had complications from her sickness. Yeah. She had a mental illness. (..)
    2016 Captain Fantastic