AGONY AUNT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does agony aunt mean? 

• AGONY AUNT (noun)
  The noun AGONY AUNT has 1 sense:

1. a newspaper columnist who answers questions and offers advice on personal problems to people who write in

  Familiarity information: AGONY AUNT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AGONY AUNT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A newspaper columnist who answers questions and offers advice on personal problems to people who write in

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("agony aunt" is a kind of...):

newspaper columnist (a columnist who writes for newspapers)