Definition of Grandaunt

1. Noun. An aunt of your father or mother.

Exact synonyms: Great-aunt
Generic synonyms: Aunt, Auntie, Aunty

Definition of Grandaunt

1. n. The aunt of one's father or mother.

Definition of Grandaunt

1. Noun. (American English) The aunt of one’s parent; a great-aunt. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Grandaunt

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grandaunt

grand total
grand tour
grand unification theory
granda
grandad
grandaddies
grandaddy
grandads
grandam
grandame
grandames
grandams
grandas
grandaughter
grandaughters
grandaunt (current term)
grandaunts
grandbabe
grandbabes
grandbabies
grandbaby
grandbairn
grandbairns
grandboomer
grandboomers
grandchild
grandchildless
grandchildren
granddad
granddaddies

Literary usage of Grandaunt

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

1. Letters and Literary Memorials of Samuel J. Tilden by Samuel Jones Tilden (1908)
"Edward Livingston, my grandaunt, who died not many years since, at a very advanced age. I was very stupid not to think of this solution to the problem at ..."

2. Notes of a Pianist, During His Professional Tours in the United States by Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Clara Gottschalk (1881)
"... and the Duchesse de Narbonne, to whom he was introduced at the house of his grandaunt, the Marquise de la Grange, became his patrons; afterwards, ..."

3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1881)
"The young girl greeted her grandaunt with the same mixture of timidity and hope ... "I could not find it, grandaunt; I could only teach in a country school. ..."

4. The Works of Mr John Glas: In Four Volumes. by John Glas (1761)
"... will never apply to the grandaunt, the grandfather's near kinf. woman, as has been with ... but cannot extend to the grandaunt, whether we confider the ..."

5. Family Monographs: The History of Twenty-four Families Living in the Middle by Elsa Goldina Herzfeld (1905)
"Mary Elizabeth Hines had been brought up by a grandaunt, who taught her to read and sew before she was seven. At seven she went to school. ..."

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