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aunt (ant, änt)

noun

  1. a sister of one's mother or father
  2. the wife of one's uncle

Etymology: ME & OFr aunte < L amita, paternal aunt, dim. of *amma, mother (< baby talk)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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