co-aunt

noun

of a woman, an aunt of one's niece or nephew who is not one's sister; a co-sister-in-law as common aunt to the children of two women's married siblings.

Meanings

nounco-aunt (plural co-aunts)

plural co-aunts

  1. of a woman, an aunt of one's niece or nephew who is not one's sister; a co-sister-in-law as common aunt to the children of two women's married siblings.
  2. a woman's sister, as aunt in common to the children of a third sibling

    A few years ago, my sister and co-aunt Judy started flying [our niece and nephew] Violet and Dash down to California to spend a week with her

    2008 August 4, “Camp Jean”, in The Favorite Aunt: Not that it’s a competition, archived from the original on 24 Mar 2009

    Synonyms: co-sister-in-law

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna woman's sister, as aunt in common to the children of a third sibling

Origin

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Chicago

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