a woman whose job is to give advice about personal problems in a newspaper or magazine by answering people’s letters. The American word is advice columnist.
Synonyms and related words
Journalists and groups of journalists
journalist
editor
reporter
agony aunt
noun countable British
US
Word Forms
singular
agony aunt
plural
agony aunts
DEFINITIONS1
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a woman whose job is to give advice about personal problems in a newspaper or magazine by answering people’s letters. The American word is advice columnist.