0 the sister of someone's father or mother, or the wife of someone's uncle or aunt: --
[ as form of address ] Do you want some tea, Aunt Alice?
This is my Aunt Camille.
I have an aunt in Australia.
1 the sister of someone’s mother or father, or the wife of someone’s uncle: --
Certainly it was easiest when the grandmother or aunt lived in the same house, but there were also striking instances when they lived close by.
Some aunts who were notable characters also played similarly powerful roles in their families.
By contrast, there were a few aunts and grandmothers who played, usually temporarily, key caring roles, but to whom the child never became closely attached.
He immediately wakes in horror, realising that he has dreamed the tale of the count's aunt, and encountered, meanwhile, the voice belonging to the portrait.
We may be generally reticent as to our uncles and aunts, and may drop even our brothers and sisters in our ordinary conversation.
Consider the following example, in which an aunt is requesting her three-year-old nephew to talk.
The aunt reciprocates her niece's call for complicity.
Relationships with nieces or nephews tend to be infrequent and perfunctory unless an aunt or uncle has been a surrogate parent.
