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neighbour

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neigh⋅bor

[ney-ber]
–noun
1. a person who lives near another.
2. a person or thing that is near another.
3. one's fellow human being: to be generous toward one's less fortunate neighbors.
4. a person who shows kindliness or helpfulness toward his or her fellow humans: to be a neighbor to someone in distress.
5. (used as a term of address, esp. as a friendly greeting to a stranger): Tell me, neighbor, which way to town?
–adjective
6. situated or living near another: one of our neighbor nations.
–verb (used with object)
7. to live or be situated near to; adjoin; border on.
8. to place or bring near.
–verb (used without object)
9. to live or be situated nearby.
10. to associate with or as if with one's neighbors; be neighborly or friendly (often fol. by with).
Also, especially British, neighbour.


Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE neahgebūr, nēahbūr (nēah nigh + (ge)būr farmer; see boer, boor ); akin to D nabuur, G Nachbar, ON nābūi


neigh⋅bor⋅less, adjective
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neigh·bour   (nā'bər)   
n.   , v. & adj. Chiefly British
Variant of neighbor.
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Word Origin & History

neighbor  (n.)
O.E. neahgebur (W.Saxon), nehebur (Anglian), from neah "near" (see nigh) + gebur "dweller," related to bur "dwelling" (see bower). Common Gmc. compound (cf. Du. (na)bur, O.H.G. nahgibur, M.H.G. nachgebur, Ger. Nachbar). The verb is first attested in 1586.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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