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nephew

noun as in man

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“Give about two [hours] every day to exercise,” Jefferson instructed his young nephew.

Seven days after receiving the letter from Navarro, Abidogun had yet to break the “bad news” to his brother-in-law and his nephew.

Her mother, brother, and nephew—and her brother-in-law did it, too.

Cardin is the nephew of Senator Ben Cardin and ran with his uncle putting all of his political resources behind him.

His uncle denounced Knausgaard publicly and no longer speaks with his famous nephew.

"Buy something for your wife that-is-to-be," he said to his grand-nephew, as he handed him the folded paper.

Her nephew stood away, regarding Agnes out of eyes in which she could see a growing fear.

I gave up my nephew to my country, and I—er—suffered from the shortage of potatoes to an extent that you probably didn't realize.

The creditors divided among them two thirds, and the family, a sister and a grand-nephew, received the remainder.

But is not 'nephew' used here, not in the present strict sense, but in the wider sense of young relative?

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On this page you'll find 110 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to nephew, such as: agnate, aunt, blood, brother-in-law, cognate, and connection.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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