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auntie
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun auntie has 1 sense
- auntie(n = noun.person) aunt, aunty - the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle; Array has particulars: grandaunt, great-aunt, maiden aunt
is a kind of kinswoman
CIDE DICTIONARY
auntie, n.
A familiar name for an aunt. In the southern United States a familiar term applied to aged negro women. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
auntie, n. (also aunty) (pl. -ies) colloq.
1 = AUNT.
2 (Auntie) an institution considered to be conservative or cautious, esp. the BBC.
1 = AUNT.
2 (Auntie) an institution considered to be conservative or cautious, esp. the BBC.
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