Meaning of NEPHEW
| Pronunciation: | | 'nefyoo
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| | Definition: | | [n] a son of your brother or sister |
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| | Antonyms: | | niece | | |
| | See Also: | | grandnephew, great-nephew, kinsman | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Neph"ew\ (n[e^]f"[-u]; in England n[e^]v"[-u]; 277), n.
[OE. neveu, nevou, nevu, fr. F. neveu, OF. also, nevou, L.
nepos; akin to AS. nefa, D. neef, G. neffe, OHG. nevo, Icel.
nefi a kinsman, gr. ne`podes, pl., brood, young, Skr.
nep[=a]t grandson, descendant. [root]262. Cf. {Niece},
{Nepotism}.]
1. A grandson or grandchild, or remoter lineal descendant.
[Obs.]
But if any widow have children or nephews [Rev. Ver.
{grandchildren}]. --1 Tim. v. 4.
If naturalists say true that nephews are often liker
to their grandfathers than to their fathers. --Jer.
Taylor.
2. A cousin. [Obs.] --Shak.
3. The son of a brother or a sister, or of a brother-in-law
or sister-in-law. --Chaucer.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming of your nephew in a pleasing disposition, foretells that you will soon find yourself in a pleasant and congenial surrounding.
Dreaming of your nephew in an unpleasant disposition means illness or loss of business. |
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| Thesaurus Terms |
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| | Related Terms: | | aunt, auntie, blood brother, brethren, brother, bub, bubba, bud, buddy, country cousin, cousin, cousin once removed, cousin twice removed, daughter, father, first cousin, foster brother, frater, grandnephew, grandniece, granduncle, great-aunt, great-uncle, half brother, kid brother, mother, niece, nuncle, nunks, nunky, second cousin, sis, sissy, sister, sister-german, sistern, son, stepbrother, stepsister, unc, uncle, uncs, uterine brother |
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