English Explanatory Dictionary

neighbourship

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state or condition of being neighbours; a connection or relationship between people or things which is based simply on living close geographically.
  2. A relationship between people and / or things which is based simply on being of a similar class.

Word forms

neighbourship neighbourships neighborship

Etymology

From Northern Middle English nychtbourschype, neȝeborusipe, equivalent to neighbour + -ship. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Noaberskup (“neighbourship”), West Frisian neibuorskip (“neighbourship”), Dutch nabuurschap (“neighbourship”), German Low German Naberskupp, Naverschop (“neighbourhood; neighbourship”), German Nachbarschaft (“neighbourship; neighborhood”), Danish naboskab (“neighbourship”), Swedish naboskap (“neighbourship”).

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