grandaunt
an aunt of one's father or mother; great-aunt.
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How to use grandaunt in a sentence
Larissa and I worked with a borrowed recipe from a friend’s grandaunt, matching it against my mama’s trusted and well-thumbed Joyce Fernandes cookbook.
How I Tried (and Failed) And Tried Again to Master the Goan Bebinca Cake | Joanna Lobo | April 1, 2021 | EaterIt had belonged to her grandaunt, the nun, Madelaine de Repentigny, and was kept as an heirloom in her family.
The Golden Dog | William KirbyBetty was almost as tall and only a little more quick and graceful than her grandaunt.
Betty Leicester | Sarah Orne Jewettgrandaunt made over her share of the farm to him, and he cares for all of us.
Southern Hearts | Florence Hull WinterburnIt is my gift to you, grandaunt, bought with the money uncle left me.
Southern Hearts | Florence Hull Winterburn
It is strange, said grandaunt Guion, that Barbe has no lover.
A Little Girl in Old St. Louis | Amanda Minnie Douglas
British Dictionary definitions for grandaunt
/ (ˈɡrændˌɑːnt) /
another name for great-aunt
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