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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] Note: Aunt is sometimes applied as a title or term of endearment to a kind elderly woman not thus related. [1913 Webster] 2. An old woman; and old gossip. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. A bawd, or a prostitute. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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