Neighbour
[neibә]
Definition
n. a person who dwells sits or stands near another: one who is on friendly terms with another.—adj. (B.) neighbouring.—v.i. to live near each other.—v.t. to be near to.—n. Neigh′bourhood state of being neighbours kindly feeling: adjoining district or the people living in it: a district generally esp. with reference to its inhabitants.—adj. Neigh′bouring being near: adjoining.—n. Neigh′bourliness.—adjs. Neigh′bourly like or becoming a neighbour: friendly: social—also adv.; Neigh′bour-stained (Shak.) stained with neighbours' blood.
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Examples
- There is scarcely any man alive who does not think himself meritorious for giving his neighbour five pounds. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Look at him, the old man would say, nudging his neighbour with a delighted purple face, did you ever see such a chap? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- This neighbour was a tradesman in a large way of business, who lived in a very respectable style of comfort. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- But he always had been such a very kind neighbour! Jane Austen. Emma.
- Each gentleman looked in his neighbour's face, and then transferred his glance to the upstanding coachman. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- His fair neighbour, judging from her movements, appeared in a mood the most unquiet and unaccommodating. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Have ye brought your cart far up, neighbour reddleman? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Miss Bingley is to live with her brother, and keep his house; and I am much mistaken if we shall not find a very charming neighbour in her. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I will get me, he said, my neighbour Buthan's good capul, [55] and I will be at York within as brief space as man and beast may. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- And neighbour Yeobright would take Andrey's place for some part of the service, to let Andrey have a bit of a nap, as any friend would naturally do. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- And I observed my master to show the same affection to his neighbour's issue, that he had for his own. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- How do you find yourself this evening, my very excellent neighbour? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Then the neighbour woman sat down on the floor, and took Mrs. Boucher's head and shoulders on her lap. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- We know there the quantity of milk our neighbour takes and espy the joint or the fowls which are going in for his dinner. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- George Dorset's talk did not interfere with the range of his neighbour's thoughts. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- What's the good of a thing that you can't put down in the ashes to warm, hey, neighbours; that's what I ask? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Don't ye be afeard for me, neighbours. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Were you and Mrs. Catherick neighbours? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Neighbours, if Mrs. Yeobright were to die, d'ye think we should be took up and tried for the manslaughter of a woman? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Needless to say, this weak aristocratic republic, with its recurrent royal elections, invited aggression from all three of its neighbours. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He made war according to his own discretion, frequently against his neighbours, and sometimes against his sovereign. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- When neighbours asked after the boy's health, she referred them pointedly to Mrs. Osborne. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I fear that all our neighbours would tell you that, even if I were to attempt to deny it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He is called among the neighbours the Lord Chancellor. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- However much she had suffered, most of her neighbours seem to have suffered more. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They are to be married at Limmeridge Church, and thank Heaven, not one of the neighbours is to be invited to the ceremony. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- They are excellent neighbours to you in the country, I understand. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- And I can't abear to part with anything I once lay hold of (or so my neighbours think, but what do THEY know? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Helstone was at some distance from any neighbours of their own standard of cultivation. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Yes, sir--neighbours at Old Welmingham. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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