double aunt meaning: definition, quotations

double aunt

noun

A woman who is one's aunt in two ways, e.g. being a sister of one parent and the wife of a sibling of the other.

The youngest son of Frikkie's sister had been betrothed to the girl who had measles in my house ; she was my sister's child, and thus I was double aunt.1923, Mrs. Alida M. de Wet Badenhorst, Tant' Alie of Transvaal: Her Diary 1880-1902, page 235:
Aunt Mary was Uncle Burney 's double aunt. Now figure that out. She was Uncle Burney 's father's sister and also his mother's sister.1971, Irwin Anderson Watson, The pioneers were our ancestors - Volumes 1-2, page 100:

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It's difficult to determine which aunt Patience may be referring to here, but Patience had a double aunt and uncle: Patience's mother's sister Elizabeth married Patience's father's brother Daniel.2006, Sandra Ailey Petree, Recollections of Past Days, →ISBN:
"Of course she's your aunt Callie. She's married to your uncle Rod." Kelsey threw her head back and laughed. “Then she's a double aunt.” Dana coughed. "Do you want some pie?" "What's a double aunt?" Callie tilted her head, a half smile curving her lips. "You're married to my Uncle Rod, Dad's brother, and you're also Mom's sister."2011, Carol Ericson, B.J. Daniels, The McClintock Proposal/High-Caliber Christmas, →ISBN:
A dominant influence on NIghtingale was her Aunt Mai (Mary Shore Smith, eventually a double aunt as she was her father's sister who married her mother's brother).2011, Timothy Larsen, A People of One Book: The Bible and the Victorians, →ISBN, page 115:

Rare A woman who is the aunt of exactly two people, especially when those two people are twins.

I've just paid one to my double aunt.' Phelan ventured to ask what relationship that might be. ' She's my father's aunt first, and then she's mine next, and so she is really two aunts,' he explained. '1894, Neil Christison, Wedded to a Genius: A Novel - Volume 1, page 201:
Proving that when good things come they come in pairs, Moss Kelly (9) was the twice proud father or twin boys last Thursday . . . this makes Louise Splane (3) a double aunt or something.1944, The Tucson Liberator - Volume 2:

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"If everything goes well, then you'll become a double aunt." "When is the baby. . . I guess I should say when are the babies due?" Selena asked.2013, Rochelle Alers, Sweet Persuasions, →ISBN: