1. The
sister of one's
father or mother; correlative to nephew or niece. Also applied to an uncle's wife.
Aunt is sometimes applied as a
title or
term of endearment to a
kind elderly
woman not
thus related.
2. An
old woman; and
old gossip.
3. A bawd, or a prostitute. Aunt Sally, a puppet
head placed on a
pole and having a
tube in its mouth;
also a game, which consists in trying to hit the
tube by throwing
short bludgeons at it.
Origin: OF. Ante, F. Tante, L. Amita father's sister. Cf. Amma.
Source: Websters Vocabulary