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Definition of nephew noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

nephew

noun
 
/ˈnefjuː/,
 
/ˈnevjuː/
 
/ˈnefjuː/,
 
/ˈnevjuː/
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  1. the son of your brother or sister; the son of your husband’s or wife’s brother or sister compare nieceTopics Family and relationshipsa2
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French neveu, from Latin nepos ‘grandson, nephew’, from an Indo-European root shared by Dutch neef and German Neffe.
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