What is the son of a brother or a sister, or of a brother-in-law or sister-in-law. Chaucer called?
nephew — The son of a brother or a sister, or of a brother-in-law or sister-in-law. Chaucer. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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