great-aunt

[ greyt-ant, -ahnt ]

/ ˈgreɪtˌænt, -ˌɑnt /

a grandaunt.

Origin of great-aunt

First recorded in 1650–60

"I'm very shocked about it," says Willa Lou Duley, Shaquan's great-aunt by marriage, when reached at home by phone.

The Copycat Killer Mom |Harriet McLeod |August 17, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
One doesn't calculate to, as Great-aunt Jessamine always says.

Holiday Stories for Young People |Various
"Wish you a great many," responded the great-aunt, in stereotyped phrase.

Faith Gartney's Girlhood |Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney
Felicity shouted our names and Great-aunt Eliza shook hands all round.

The Golden Road |Lucy Maud Montgomery

Letitia whispered forcibly, “Through a little green door in my Great-aunt Peggy's cheese-room.”

The Green Door |Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
"My great-aunt Sally Tylah is to our house this mawnin'," she announced, confidentially.

The Little Colonel |Annie Fellows Johnston