auntie

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Diminutive of aunt.

2. 2

   Term of familiarity or respect for a middle-aged or elderly woman.

3. 3

   Female domestic helper.

4. ›+ 4 more definitionsshow fewer

   1. 4

      An elderly gay man.

   2. 5

      To be or behave like the aunt of.

      • In the same melodrama, Madame Rotschild, a supporting character plays a similar role by "auntying" all children as a rich and powerful woman who can solve most problems in children's own homes.
      • More and more children are being "auntied" by women in the community who feel it is their duty as mothers to care for parentless children.
      • She had had only one unmitigated success in bending the girl to her will over the many years she'd auntied her: She had peeled the dialect right olf Lina's tongue.
   3. 6

      The BBC.

   4. 7

      The ABC (Australian Broadcasting Commission).

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