What does "neighbor" mean?
Neighbor: One who is near in sympathy or confidence. Buckingham No more shall be the neighbor to my counsel. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.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.
- 3.The gospel allows no such term as "stranger;" makes every man my neighbor. South.
- 4.Near to another; adjoining; adjacent; next; neighboring. "The neighbor cities." Jer. l.
- 5."The neighbor room." Shak.
- 6.To adjoin; to border on; tobe near to. Leisurely ascending hills that neighbor the shore. Sandys.
- 7.To associate intimately with. [Obs.] Shak.
- 8.To dwell in the vicinity; to be a neighbor, or in the neighborhood; to be near. [Obs.] A copse that neighbors by. Shak.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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