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nephew
(encz) | nephew,synovec n: |
Nephew
(gcide) | Nephew \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.]
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But if any widow have children or nephews [Rev. Ver.
grandchildren]. --1 Tim. v. 4.
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If naturalists say true that nephews are often liker
to their grandfathers than to their fathers. --Jer.
Taylor.
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2. A cousin. [Obs.] --Shak.
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3. The son of a brother or a sister, or of a brother-in-law
or sister-in-law. --Chaucer.
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nephew
(wn) | nephew
n 1: a son of your brother or sister [ant: niece] |
NEPHEW
(bouvier) | NEPHEW, dom. rel. The son of a person's brother or sister. Amb. 514; 1
Jacob's Ch. R. 207.
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grandnephew
(encz) | grandnephew,prasynovec n: Zdeněk Brož |
great-nephew
(encz) | great-nephew,prasynovec n: Zdeněk Brož |
nephews
(encz) | nephews,synovci n: pl. |
Grandnephew
(gcide) | Grandnephew \Grand"neph"ew\, n.
The grandson of one's brother or sister.
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great-nephew
(gcide) | great-nephew \great-nephew\ n.
a son of a niece or nephew.
Syn: grandnephew.
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Nephew
(gcide) | Nephew \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.]
[1913 Webster]
But if any widow have children or nephews [Rev. Ver.
grandchildren]. --1 Tim. v. 4.
[1913 Webster]
If naturalists say true that nephews are often liker
to their grandfathers than to their fathers. --Jer.
Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
2. A cousin. [Obs.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. The son of a brother or a sister, or of a brother-in-law
or sister-in-law. --Chaucer.
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grandnephew
(wn) | grandnephew
n 1: a son of your niece or nephew [syn: great-nephew,
grandnephew] |
great-nephew
(wn) | great-nephew
n 1: a son of your niece or nephew [syn: great-nephew,
grandnephew] |
NEPHEW
(bouvier) | NEPHEW, dom. rel. The son of a person's brother or sister. Amb. 514; 1
Jacob's Ch. R. 207.
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