Thesaurus: aunt

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1. n. The sister of one's father or mother; -- correlative to nephew or niece. Also applied to an uncle's wife.
2. n. An old woman; and old gossip.
3. n. A bawd, or a prostitute.
4. n. the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
5. 1. The sister of one's father or mother; -- correlative to nephew or niece. Also applied to an uncle's wife. Note: Aunt is sometimes applied as a title or term of endearment to a kind elderly woman not thus related. 2. An old woman; and old gossip. [Obs.] Shak. 3. A bawd, or a prostitute. [Obs.] Shak. 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.
6. n:100 n. the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle