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graunty

graunty is the alternative form of grauntie.

Meaning of grauntie

Noun

grauntie (plural graunties)

  1. (childish, slang) A great-aunt.
    • "Graunty! what a funny name!"
      "Well, you know, she is papa's aunty, and, of course, our great-aunty, so we say Graunty for short."1870, Horace Elisha Scudder, The Riverside Magazine for Young People, page 419

Forms of graunty

pluralgraunties

Origin of graunty

Blend of great- + aunty.

Questions about graunty

What is graunty the alternative form of?
Graunty is the alternative form of grauntie.

Words near graunty in the dictionary

  1. graunteth
  2. grauntie
  3. graunties
  4. graunting
  5. graunts
  6. graunty
  7. graupel
  8. graupels
  9. Graus
  10. Grauvian
  11. grauwacke

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Adapted from Wiktionary: graunty (page history and authors); grauntie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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