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noun

Neighbor n. (Spelt also neighbour)

A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off. "Masters, my good friends, mine honest neighbors."

One who is near in sympathy or confidence. "Buckingham No more shall be the neighbor to my counsel."

One entitled to, or exhibiting, neighborly kindness; hence, one of the human race; a fellow being. "Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves?" "The gospel allows no such term as "stranger;" makes every man my neighbor."

verb

neighbor v. t. (past & past part. neighbored; pres. part. neighboring)

To adjoin; to border on; to be near to. "Leisurely ascending hills that neighbor the shore."

To associate intimately with. (Obs.)

Neighbor v. i. To dwell in the vicinity; to be a neighbor, or in the neighborhood; to be near. (Obs.) "A copse that neighbors by."

adjective

Neighbor adj. Near to another; adjoining; adjacent; next; neighboring. "The neighbor cities." "The neighbor room."

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Etymology of 'Neighbor'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Neighbor" Quotes from Famous Books

... there was no affirmative response; whereupon M. Bratiano concluded: "The limitation of armaments is highly desirable. No people is more eager for it than ours. But it has one limitation which must, I venture to think, be respected. So long as you have a restive or dubious neighbor, whose military forces are subjected neither to limitation nor control, you cannot divest yourself of your own means of self-defense. That is our ...

— The Inside Story Of The Peace Conference • Emile Joseph Dillon

... hundred and fifty dollars for it; but it was now worth nine hundred, and Mr. Munroe refused the offer. The 'Squire was angry at the refusal, and from that time used all the means in his power to persecute his poor neighbor. ...

— All Aboard; or, Life on the Lake - A Sequel to "The Boat Club" • Oliver Optic

... and were most of all to be dreaded in the case of any new one. The Treaty was a matter of necessity as well as choice. Agreement for mutual good neighborhood and friendly offices; guarantee of each other against intrusive third parties: should either get engaged in war with any neighbor, practical aid to the length of 12,000 men, or else money in lieu. Treaty was for eight years from day ...

— History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XXI. (of XXI.) • Thomas Carlyle

... children, one of whom was dying and needed medicine. I thought at first that she borrowed one of the children, they frequently do, but it was established hers. I drew attention to the anarchy which would inevitably follow if each individual were allowed to help himself to his neighbor's belongings, and the jury was with me. As I was concluding, that child of yours slipped from her place, climbed the steps on the side, and heeding judges and jury less than Daft Jamie, went straight toward the prisoner, pulled ...

— Nancy Stair - A Novel • Elinor Macartney Lane

... which was near its setting, obscured; the prairie ran back, dim and blurred; the air was keen and still. Prescott thought he heard a soft beat of hoofs behind him. He could, however, see nobody, and he rode on faster, heading for the house of a neighbor with whom he had some business, near the trail to the settlement. After a while he pulled up, and listening carefully heard the sound again. It looked as if he were being followed and he thought that if the police were on his trail, they would expect him to make for ...

— Prescott of Saskatchewan • Harold Bindloss

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