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neighbour |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Neighbor \Neigh"bor\ (n[=a]"b[~e]r), n. [OE. neighebour, AS ne['a]hgeb[=u]r; ne['a]h nigh + geb[=u]r a dweller, farmer; akin to D. nabuur G. nachbar OHG. n[=a]hgib[=u]r. See {Nigh}, and {Boor}.] [Spelt also {neighbour}.] 1. A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off --Chaucer. Masters, my good friends, mine honest neighbors. --Shak. 2. One who is near in sympathy or confidence. Buckingham No more shall be the neighbor to my counsel. --Shak. 3. One entitled to or exhibiting, neighborly kindness; hence one of the human race; a fellow being Which now of these three thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves? --Luke x. 36. The gospel allows no such term as ``stranger;'' makes every man my neighbor. --South. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: neighbour adj : situated near one another; "neighbor states" [syn: {neighbor}, {neighboring(a)}, {neighbouring(a)}] n 1: a person who lives (or is located) near another [syn: {neighbor}] 2: a nearby object of the same kind "Fort Worth is a neighbor of Dallas"; "what is the closest neighbor to the Earth?" [syn: {neighbor}] v 1: live or be located as a neighbor [syn: {neighbor}] 2: be located near or adjacent to [syn: {neighbor}]
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