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NEPHEW
nephew
(noun) a son of your brother or sister
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Nephew (plural Nephews)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Nephew is the 21288th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1231 individuals. Nephew is most common among White (73.92%) and null (12.27%) individuals.
Etymology
Noun
nephew (plural nephews)
A son of one's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either a son of one's brother (fraternal nephew) or a son of one's sister (sororal nephew).
Synonym: neve (obsolete)
Coordinate term: niece
Hypernym: nibling
Hyponyms: fraternal nephew, sororal nephew
(archaic) A son of one's child.
Synonym: grandson
Source: Wiktionary
Neph"ew (; in England , n. Etym: [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. nepat grandson, descendant. sq. root262. 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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