neighbourship
English
Alternative forms
- neighborship (American)
Etymology
From neighbour + -ship. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Noaberskup (“neighbourship”), Dutch nabuurschap (“neighbourship”), Low German Naberschaft (“neighbourship”), German Nachbarschaft (“neighbourship”), Swedish naboskap (“neighbourship”).
Noun
neighbourship (plural neighbourships)
- The state or condition of being neighbours; a connection or relationship between people or things which is based simply on living close geographically.
- 1890, W. A. Clouston, Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers:
- He called to his mind and said: "Surely the Ant had in former days his dwelling underneath this tree, and was busy in hoarding a store of provision: now I will lay my wants before her, and, in the name of good neighbourship, and with an appeal to her generosity, beg some small relief.
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- A relationship between people and / or things which is based simply on being of a similar class.
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