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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: aunt n : the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle [syn: {auntie}, {aunty}] [ant: {uncle}]
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