Definition of Maiden aunt

1. Noun. An unmarried aunt.

Generic synonyms: Aunt, Auntie, Aunty

Lexicographical Neighbors of Maiden Aunt

maid-child
maid-children
maid-servant
maid-servants
maid child
maid children
maid of honor
maid of honour
maidan
maidans
maidchild
maidchildren
maide
maided
maiden aunt (current term)
maiden blue-eyed Mary
maiden flight
maiden flights
maiden name
maiden names
maiden of honor
maiden over
maiden overs
maiden pink
maiden voyage
maiden voyages
maidenhair
maidenhair berry
maidenhair fern

Literary usage of Maiden aunt

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Graham's Magazine by Graham, George R, Edgar Allan Poe, John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1848)
"... not alone this year, my sweet lady," added the little woman, looking still more significantly. " I suppose we shall have my dear prim old maiden aunt of ..."

2. Plays, Prose and Poetry by Charlotte Mary Sanford Barnes (1848)
"THE maiden aunt. A TALE OF TEXAS. CHAPTER I. She breathed more sweetness than the east, While every sentence was divine ; Her smiles could calm each jarring ..."

3. American Familiar Verse, Vers de Société by Brander Matthews (1904)
"CHARLES HENRY LUDERS 1858-1891 MY maiden aunt [From " The Dead Nymph and Other Poems." Copyright, 1891, In/ Charles Scribner's Sons} DEAR withered cheek ..."

4. One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices by David Herschell Edwards (1889)
"Though at times somewhat irregular, his muse exhibits genuine feeling, and considerable lyrical capability. THE maiden aunt. Some poets sing of wedded ..."

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