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

  • (..) I tried to turn the jeep, but the angry mother was in front of me, and pierced the radiator - with her tusks. - What did you do? - We had the aunt on the other side. - Elephants have aunts? Any elephant that doesn't have its own offspring is an aunt. Where are you going with that? (..)
    1989 Dva lidi v zoo
  • (..) They're afraid to come to us, right? - Who? Emilka and Amos? - Well, not them. Don't worry about Grandmother, it'll be good for her at Aunt Ruzena's. If it were the first time, I wouldn't say anything. Please, can we talk about it? And why did the mother elephant run off (..)
    1989 Dva lidi v zoo