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aunt
aunt [ ant, aant ] (plural aunts)


noun 
Definition:
 
father's or mother's sister: the sister of somebody's mother or father, or the wife of somebody's uncle
[13th century. Via Anglo-Norman< Latin amita "father's sister"]

aunt·hood noun
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