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NEIGHBOUR (O. Eng. neahgebiir, from Walt, " nigh," " near ")

NEIGHBOUR (O. Eng. neahgebiir, from Walt, " nigh," " near ") and gebiir, " boor," literally " dweller," " husbandman "; cf . See also:

Dan. and Swed. nabo, Ger . Nachbar), properly one who lives in a See also:

house See also:

close to one, hence any one of a number of persons living in the same locality . From Biblical associations (See also:

Luke x . 27) the word is used widely of one's See also:

FELLOW

fellow-men .

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