Usually means: Relative, sister of parent, supportive.
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We found 38 dictionaries that define the word aunt:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. aunt: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. aunt: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. aunt: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. aunt: Collins English Dictionary
  5. aunt: Vocabulary.com
  6. Aunt, aunt: Wordnik
  7. aunt: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. aunt: Wiktionary
  9. aunt: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. aunt: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. aunt: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Aunt, aunt: Dictionary.com
  13. aunt: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. aunt: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Aunt: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Aunt: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. aunt: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. aunt: Rhymezone
  19. aunt: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. aunt: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. aunt: Free Dictionary
  22. aunt: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. aunt: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. aunt: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. aunt: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. Aunt: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. aunt: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. aunt: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. AUNT, AUNT, AUNT: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words
  3. AUNT: Acronym Finder

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. aunt: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Aunt: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
  3. aunt: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.
▸ noun:  The female cousin or cousin-in-law of one’s parent.
▸ noun:  (endearing) A woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) Any elderly woman.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A procuress or bawd.

Similar:
aunty, auntie, uncle, grandmother, niece, cousin, sister, grandma, nephew, brother, more...

Opposite:
uncle, nephew, son, grandson, brother

Types:
sister, sister-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, aunt-in-law, more...

Phrases:
aunt mary, Aunt Sally, great aunt, Aunt Jemima, maiden aunt, more...

Adjectives:
great, dearest, oldest, maternal, paternal, poor, good, favorite, elderly, rich, beloved

Colors:
    lavender,     mauve,     rose,     teal,     burgundy,     plum,     coral,     periwinkle,     sage,     maroon


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Similar:
aunty, auntie, uncle, grandmother, niece, cousin, sister, grandma, nephew, brother, more...

Opposite:
uncle, nephew, son, grandson, brother

Types:
sister, sister-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, aunt-in-law, more...

Phrases:
aunt mary, Aunt Sally, great aunt, Aunt Jemima, maiden aunt, Aunt Emma, paternal aunt, aunt millie, Aunt Flo, agony aunt, aunt sallies, charleys aunt, aunt in law, grand aunt, half aunt, my giddy aunt, more...

Adjectives:
great, dearest, oldest, maternal, paternal, poor, good, favorite, elderly, rich, beloved

Colors:
    lavender,     mauve,     rose,     teal,     burgundy,     plum,     coral,     periwinkle,     sage,     maroon



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