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 FrameExamples of auntie in a Sentence
The children were happy to see their Auntie Mary.
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Her aunties were music producer and CEO of Epic Records, Sylvia Rhone, one of the most influential executives in music history, and Suzanne de Passe, the record executive who helped Motown find talent like The Jackson 5.
—Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Your internet aunties are so proud of you.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
In terms of fashion, my mom and aunties were the opposite of the Montgomery status quo.
—Alexis Okeowo, Vogue, 5 Aug. 2025
Like the times his mom would crank up R&B/pop singer Johnnie Taylor's music and taught him the twine line dance on the porch of his aunties' house, mother and son laughing and smiling the whole time.
—Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 2 Aug. 2025
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Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Your internet aunties are so proud of you.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
In terms of fashion, my mom and aunties were the opposite of the Montgomery status quo.
—Alexis Okeowo, Vogue, 5 Aug. 2025
Like the times his mom would crank up R&B/pop singer Johnnie Taylor's music and taught him the twine line dance on the porch of his aunties' house, mother and son laughing and smiling the whole time.
—Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 2 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for auntie
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“Auntie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/auntie. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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