aunty

[an-tee, ahn-]

noun, plural aunt·ies.

auntie.

auntie

or aunt·y

[an-tee, ahn-]

noun

Informal. aunt.

Origin of auntie

First recorded in 1785–95; aunt + -ie

Can be confusedante ante- anti- auntie

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Examples from the Web for aunty

Contemporary Examples of aunty

Today, in contrast, if Grandma Maude starts one in Maine, Aunty Carol can directly help out from California.
Why Every Home Needs a Drone This Holiday
Charlie Gilbert
December 8, 2014
All right, children: it's time for Aunty Megan to bore you with how things were In Her Day.
The Absurd Lies of College Admissions
Megan McArdle
April 1, 2013

Historical Examples of aunty

Of course they do, aunty—when they want to be good examples.
The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893
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Aunty May made me promise not to go too near the river, or too far down the towpath.
W. A. G.'s Tale
Margaret Turnbull
Then Aunty Edith stopped crying and tied a veil over her face.
W. A. G.'s Tale
Margaret Turnbull
And by and by Aunty Edith came in and we could hear George whistling and singing.
W. A. G.'s Tale
Margaret Turnbull
And it got nearer and nearer the time for Aunty May to come back.
W. A. G.'s Tale
Margaret Turnbull

British Dictionary definitions for aunty

Aunty

noun

Australian an informal name for ABC 2 (def. 2)

auntie

aunty

noun plural -ies

a familiar or diminutive word for aunt
Australian informal, derogatory an older male homosexual

Auntie

noun

British an informal name for the BBC
Australian informal the Australian Broadcasting Association

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Word Origin and History for aunty

auntie

1787, also aunty, familiar diminutive form of aunt. As a form of kindly address to an older woman to whom one is not related, originally in southern U.S., of elderly slave women.

The negro no longer submits with grace to be called "uncle" or "auntie" as of yore. ["Harper's Magazine," October 1883]