grandaunt

[grand-ant, -ahnt]

noun

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

grandaunt

/ ˈɡrændˌɑːnt /

noun

1. another name for great-aunt

Word History and Origins

Origin of grandaunt¹

First recorded in 1820–30; grand- + aunt

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.

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

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The silence sat between grandniece and baby grandaunt like a third person.

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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.

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

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