Nephew

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nephew
       n : a son of your brother or sister [ant: {niece}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "nephew":
     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
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  NEPHEW, dom. rel. The son of a person's brother or sister. Amb. 514; 1 
  Jacob's Ch. R. 207.