auntie
noun
aunt·ie ˈan-tē 
ˈän-
variants or aunty
plural aunties
: aunt
Auntie Mame
… a stern but smoldering auntie.
Ken Tucker
Ken Tucker"Oh, please don't! We have come to tea with our cousin, and we'll be as good as gold if you'll let us stay, auntie," clamoured the boys … Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May AlcottThese crosses underneath the letter are really kisses, all from the children who keep asking me about Aunty Daphne, though they do not know you. Janet Frame
Janet Frame
Example Sentences
The children were happy to see their Auntie Mary.
Recent Examples on the Web Yeoh portrays Guanyin, Wei-Chen's unassuming auntie who helps her nephew navigate the challenges of high school — all while maintaining a secret identity as the Buddhist bodhisattva of compassion. Jessica Wang, EW.com, 11 Sep. 2022 What Cruz has written is an ode to the aging auntie on the stoop, with no visible qualifications or obligations — except the essential task of holding the neighborhood together, in part by protecting its loneliest, its most infirm or marginalized. Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022 In a text, Rose told Dateline that Pearl is an auntie now and that her nephew is waiting to meet her. Kyani Reid, NBC News, 30 May 2022 Besides, Kelly has every intention of being a good auntie. Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 15 June 2022 Byrd said Banks was the kind of mom and auntie who always had something planned. Claudia Lauer, ajc, 31 May 2022 Her protagonist is the self-effacing Ronnie Khan, orphaned at a young age and abused through adulthood by a controlling Pakistani auntie, who escapes to Red Rock country with her life coach and BFF, Marley Dewhurst. Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2022 My husband and his sister, Betty, worked with auntie and uncle at Marlena and were with them five days a week and on weekends. Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2022 Their appeal is multigenerational, mixing songs any Gen-Z'er would know word-for-word with the ones your auntie remembers from her college days. Jihan Forbes, Allure, 19 May 2022 See More
Jessica Wang, EW.com, 11 Sep. 2022 What Cruz has written is an ode to the aging auntie on the stoop, with no visible qualifications or obligations — except the essential task of holding the neighborhood together, in part by protecting its loneliest, its most infirm or marginalized. Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022 In a text, Rose told Dateline that Pearl is an auntie now and that her nephew is waiting to meet her. Kyani Reid, NBC News, 30 May 2022 Besides, Kelly has every intention of being a good auntie. Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 15 June 2022 Byrd said Banks was the kind of mom and auntie who always had something planned. Claudia Lauer, ajc, 31 May 2022 Her protagonist is the self-effacing Ronnie Khan, orphaned at a young age and abused through adulthood by a controlling Pakistani auntie, who escapes to Red Rock country with her life coach and BFF, Marley Dewhurst. Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2022 My husband and his sister, Betty, worked with auntie and uncle at Marlena and were with them five days a week and on weekends. Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2022 Their appeal is multigenerational, mixing songs any Gen-Z'er would know word-for-word with the ones your auntie remembers from her college days. Jihan Forbes, Allure, 19 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1672, in the meaning defined above