aunt

  1. Noun.  a sister or sister-in-law of someone’s parent.
  2. Noun.  (''also'' great-aunt ''or'' grandaunt) a person's grandparent's sister or sister-in-law.
  3. Noun.  (''usually'' auntie) a grandmother.
  4. Noun.  an affectionate term for a woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.

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