Hypertext Webster Gateway: "neighbour"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Neighbor \Neigh"bor\ (n[=a]"b[~e]r), n. [OE. neighebour, AS.
ne['a]hgeb[=u]r; ne['a]h nigh + geb[=u]r a dweller, farmer;
akin to D. nabuur, G. nachbar, OHG. n[=a]hgib[=u]r. See
{Nigh}, and {Boor}.] [Spelt also {neighbour}.]
1. A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not
far off. --Chaucer.
Masters, my good friends, mine honest neighbors.
--Shak.
2. One who is near in sympathy or confidence.
Buckingham No more shall be the neighbor to my
counsel. --Shak.
3. 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?
--Luke x. 36.
The gospel allows no such term as ``stranger;''
makes every man my neighbor. --South.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
neighbour
adj : situated near one another; "neighbor states" [syn: {neighbor},
{neighboring(a)}, {neighbouring(a)}]
n 1: a person who lives (or is located) near another [syn: {neighbor}]
2: a nearby object of the same kind; "Fort Worth is a neighbor
of Dallas"; "what is the closest neighbor to the Earth?"
[syn: {neighbor}]
v 1: live or be located as a neighbor [syn: {neighbor}]
2: be located near or adjacent to [syn: {neighbor}]
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