grandaunt

[ grand-ant, -ahnt ]

/ ˈgrændˌænt, -ˌɑnt /

an aunt of one's father or mother; great-aunt.

Origin of grandaunt

First recorded in 1820–30; grand- + aunt

Reluctant to go to her grandaunt before it was necessary, she consented.

Anne |Constance Fenimore Woolson
"Grandaunt," began Anne, as the carriage rolled along the country road.

Anne |Constance Fenimore Woolson
During the summer, do you still live in the old country house on the Hudson, grandaunt?

Anne |Constance Fenimore Woolson
Then one of the wild-eyed ones stabbed Queen Marguerite, her grandaunt, you know, and the game was on.

The Web of the Golden Spider |Frederick Orin Bartlett

She hoped to return to Mademoiselle at the half-house, and remain there until the school opened—if her grandaunt was willing.

Anne |Constance Fenimore Woolson

grandaunt

/ (ˈɡrændˌɑːnt) /

another name for great-aunt