aunt

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" Arsenic And Aunt May " was also released in the " Heroes " box set .

Το "Arsenic and Aunt May" απελευθερώθηκε επίσης στο σετ κουτιού "Heroes".

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(Αγγλικός)

The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.
The female cousin or cousin-in-law of one’s parent.
(endearing) A woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.
(obsolete) Any elderly woman.
(obsolete) A procuress or bawd.

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/ɑːnt/

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From Middle English aunte, from Anglo-Norman aunte, from Old French ante, from Latin amita (“father's sister”). Displaced native Middle English modrie (“aunt”) (from Old English mōdriġe (“maternal aunt”); compare Old English faþu, faþe (“paternal aunt”)). The digraph ⟨au⟩ representing /æ ~ ɑː/ instead of the expected /ɔː/ is irregular, and has not been conclusively explained (compare launch, which contains /ɑː/ in some UK dialects).