aunt Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
    auntie; aunty.

WordNet

Aunt noun
Etymology
OF. ante, F. tante, L. amita father's sister. Cf. Amma.
Definitions
  1. The sister of one's father or mother; -- correlative to nephew or niece. Also applied to an uncle's wife. ✍ 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.

Webster 1913