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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
nephew
    n 1: a son of your brother or sister [ant: niece]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
NEPHEW, dom. rel. The son of a person's brother or sister. Amb. 514; 1 
Jacob's Ch. R. 207. 



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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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