great-aunt

Noun

Meaning

an aunt of your father or mother

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

great aunt

Synonyms

grandaunt aunty kinsman aunt poundcake grauntie

Antonyms

female enemy sister girl antagonist combatant
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Hypernyms

auntie aunty aunt

Examples

In June the Haute Cour granted the regency to Alice of Champagne, who, as the daughter of Isabella I, was Conrad's great-aunt and his closest relative living in the kingdom. Source: Internet

On June 14, 1920, Irene Tusken, Mike's great-aunt, accused black circus workers of rape and robbery. Source: Internet

Did I ever tell you that my great-aunt Rebecca Amelia Brown volunteered her time to work with her eastern Pennsylvania neighbors on the Underground Railroad? Source: Internet

Eleven-year-old Evie is heartbroken when her strict Catholic parents send her pregnant sister away to stay with a distant great-aunt. Source: Internet

Because Richard is the stuff of fairytales and legend and Elizabeth II is your great-aunt. Source: Internet

I made a living mowing my great-aunt Effie’s lawn. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

great yellow gentian great yellowcress great- great-aunt-by-marriage great-aunt-in-blood great-aunt-in-fact