Wiktionary
n. 1 An aunt on one's mother's side of the family, including both 2 # A sister of one's mother. 3 # A sister-in-law of one's mother; the wife or ex-wife of a maternal uncle. 4 (context: imprecise) A similar great aunt, &c.
Usage examples of "maternal aunt".
She was living with her maternal aunt, and being so shabbily treated that she ran away.
Her grandparents lived there, as did her maternal aunt, Barbara—.
The woman was reporting the death of her maternal aunt, obviously reading something that had been written for her in English and stumbling over the translation.
Upon his marriage, the Earl had removed his young ward from the care of her maternal aunt, and had taken her to live in his own house.
Also there were several cross-reference slips to the files of Alline Ronid (mother, deceased) and Kara Ronid (maternal aunt, legal guardian).
William Teagarden, whose wife was a maternal aunt of Master John, and at his house they spent the holidays.
William Teagarden, whose wife was a maternal aunt ofMaster John, and at his house they spent the holidays.
Kate Brophy had established that Savannah's mother was dead, but had located a maternal aunt.
He walked with a slight stoop, a man in his sixties wearing a green eye shade and a brown cardigan sweater which had been knitted for him by a maternal aunt in New Hampshire.