great-aunt
noun
a grandaunt.
great-aunts
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pluralof great-aunt.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Once my sister goes, “I don’t remember our great-aunts and -uncles being as crazy as Mom and Dad can be.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025
TJ: My mother was the oldest of my grandmother’s nine children, so she was the one who went to work with my great-aunts when they were domestics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2023
What I remember most is family — great-aunts and -uncles who have long passed and cousins going from cabin to cabin to see which grandmother was making the best dinner.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2023
However, she worries that if she invites great-aunts and great-uncles on our side of the family, she would be obliged to invite her father’s siblings as well.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2022
Would the older generation of great-aunts and great-uncles think she was a bad mom?
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
