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great-aunt
[ greyt-ant, -ahnt ]
noun
- a grandaunt.
great-aunt
noun
- an aunt of one's father or mother; sister of one's grandfather or grandmother
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Origin of great-aunt1
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Almost everyone was safe and accounted for, he was told, except for a distant great-aunt who died in Mandalay – and his Oo Oo.
“It’s pretty usual for us in Humboldt County to get earthquakes,†said Chappelle, who is the innkeeper of Hydrangea Inn, which was built by her great-aunt in the 1930s.
I’m a great-aunt to the children but they have little names for me, like a grandma.
"Charmian was a much-loved aunt and great-aunt and a dear friend to many. At 96 she was still full of life and energy and fiercely independent," they said.
His great-aunt, a fervent DPP supporter, once called him in a rage, demanding to know why he was taking money from Beijing.
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