Aunt

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(1): (n.) A bawd, or a prostitute.

(2): (n.) The sister of one's father or mother; - correlative to nephew or niece. Also applied to an uncle's wife.

(3): (n.) An old woman; and old gossip.

King James Dictionary [2]

'Aunt, n. L. amita, contracted.

The sister of one's father or mother, correlative to nephew or niece.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]

(דּוֹדָה, dodah', fem. of דּוּד, a friend, hence uncle), one's father's sister ( Exodus 6:20), also an uncle's wife ( Leviticus 18:14;  Leviticus 20:20). (See Affinity).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]

ant דודה , dōdhāh , "loving"): A father's sister ( Exodus 6:20 ); an uncle's wife ( Leviticus 18:14;  Leviticus 20:20 ). See Relationships , Family .

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