Definition of "grandaunt" [grand•aunt]

• See great-aunt. (noun)

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• "It reminded me of my childhood in China – my grandaunt lived with us, my grandmother died in childbirth."
• "And his children, Jahanara thought, could call the Empress their grandaunt."
• "By the time Princess Jahanara arrived at the dwelling of her grandaunt Mehrunnisa, Empress Nur Jahan, the cool winter night had flung its cloak over the city of Lahore and the village of Shahdara."