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aunt
What does aunt mean?
aunt (noun): the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use aunt in a sentence?
- My aunt popped round. (Tatoeba sentence #11157090 by sundown, CC BY 2.0 FR)
Where does aunt come from?
From Middle English aunte, from Anglo-Norman aunte, from Old French ante, from Latin amita (“father's sister”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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