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AUNTIE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does auntie mean? 

AUNTIE (noun)
  The noun AUNTIE has 1 sense:

1. the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncleplay

  Familiarity information: AUNTIE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AUNTIE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

aunt; auntie; aunty

Hypernyms ("auntie" is a kind of...):

kinswoman (a female relative)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "auntie"):

grandaunt; great-aunt (an aunt of your father or mother)

maiden aunt (an unmarried aunt)


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