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# nephew

«nephew» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **grandson, descendant** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### kind

archaic sense

### modern equivalent

grandson, descendant

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

A grandson, or a male descendant; in old texts also a close younger male relative. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/N/nephew/#m1)

### how it differs from today

Today a nephew is the son of your brother or sister; the old sense is wider, though the sentences here mostly use the modern meaning.

### examples

- "My dear nephew," he said, "your story gives me some hope. (The Arabian Nights Entertainments) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/N/nephew/#x1)
- "Your dear little uncle, your very sweet nephew, you call me! (Indian Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/N/nephew/#x2)
- He was nephew to Arthur, the son of his sister, and his cousin. (Celtic Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/N/nephew/#x3)

### primary record

nephew

### tests

manual 10.3; corpora 30 (Torah 0, tales 30, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 4; ratio 0.4 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «nephew» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/N/nephew/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.