Neph"ew [OE. neveu, nevou, nevu, fr. F. neveu, OF. also, nevou, L. nepos; akin to AS. nefa, D. neef, G. neffe, OHG. nevo, Icel. nefi a kinsman, gr. , pl., brood, young, Skr. nepat grandson, descendant. &root;262. Cf. Niece, Nepotism.]
1.
A grandson or grandchild, or remoter lineal descendant.
[Obs.]
But if any widow have children or nephews [Rev. Ver. grandchildren,].
1 Tim. v. 4.
If naturalists say true that nephews are often liker to their grandfathers than to their fathers.
Jer. Taylor.
2.
A cousin.
[Obs.]
Shak.
3.
The son of a brother or a sister, or of a brother-in-law or sister-in-law.
Chaucer.
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