nephew

«nephew» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: grandson, descendant — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

kind

archaic sense

modern equivalent

grandson, descendant

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A grandson, or a male descendant; in old texts also a close younger male relative. tree →

how it differs from today

Today a nephew is the son of your brother or sister; the old sense is wider, though the sentences here mostly use the modern meaning.

examples

• "My dear nephew," he said, "your story gives me some hope. (The Arabian Nights Entertainments) tree →
• "Your dear little uncle, your very sweet nephew, you call me! (Indian Fairy Tales) tree →
• He was nephew to Arthur, the son of his sister, and his cousin. (Celtic Fairy Tales) tree →

primary record

nephew

tests

manual 10.3; corpora 30 (Torah 0, tales 30, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 4; ratio 0.4 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «nephew» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.