grandaunt

American  

[grand-ant, -ahnt] / ˈgrændˌænt, -ˌɑnt /

noun

1. an aunt of one's father or mother; great-aunt.

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grandaunt British  

/ ˈɡrændˌɑːnt /

noun

1. another name for great-aunt

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Etymology

Origin of grandaunt

First recorded in 1820–30; grand- + aunt

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Example Sentences

Mr. Kompa, the historian, said he lost several relatives to violent Ukrainian nationalists and showed an old family photograph from the 1920s that included two of the victims, his great grandaunt and her husband.

From New York Times

As I grew older, I found other books in my school library, at book fairs, on my grandaunt’s shelves.

From New York Times

A grandnephew of the old woman picked up the crimson garment and, as he pursued his grandaunt to restore it to her, waved it in the air like a standard.

From Project Gutenberg

“I’m not looking at anything in particular, but watching to see my great, great, great grandaunt Helen of Aughrim.”

From Project Gutenberg

Marriage is also forbidden in Holland between brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, between uncle and niece, or granduncle and grandniece, and between aunt and nephew, grandaunt and grandnephew, legitimate or otherwise.

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