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nephew

nephew is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.If naturalists say true that nephews are often liker to their grandfathers than to their fathers. Jer. Taylor.
  2. 2.A cousin. [Obs.] Shak.
  3. 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 (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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