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co-aunt

noun

Etymology

* co- + aunt

  1. derived from amita
  2. derived from ante
  3. derived from aunte
  4. inherited from aunte
  5. prefixed as co-aunt — “co + aunt”

Definitions

  1. of a woman, an aunt of one's niece or nephew who is not one's sister

    of a woman, an aunt of one's niece or nephew who is not one's sister; a co-sister-in-law as common aunt to the children of two women's married siblings.

  2. a woman's sister, as aunt in common to the children of a third sibling

    • A few years ago, my sister and co-aunt Judy started flying [our niece and nephew] Violet and Dash down to California to spend a week with her

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA