from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
neighbour
n 1: a person who lives (or is located) near another [syn:
{neighbor}, {neighbour}]
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}, {neighbour}]
v 1: live or be located as a neighbor; "the neighboring house"
[syn: {neighbor}, {neighbour}]
2: be located near or adjacent to; "Pakistan neighbors India"
[syn: {neighbor}, {neighbour}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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Masters, my good friends, mine honest neighbors.
--Shak.
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2. One who is near in sympathy or confidence.
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Buckingham
No more shall be the neighbor to my counsel. --Shak.
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3. One entitled to, or exhibiting, neighborly kindness;
hence, one of the human race; a fellow being.
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Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was
neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves?
--Luke x. 36.
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The gospel allows no such term as "stranger;" makes
every man my neighbor. --South.
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