Usually means: Old-fashioned term for sweetheart, darling.
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  1. nell: Merriam-Webster
  2. Nell, nell: Wordnik
  3. Nell: Wiktionary
  4. Nell: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  5. Nell: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. nell: Dictionary.com
  7. Nell (artist), Nell (band), Nell (disambiguation), Nell (film), Nell: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Nell: Rhymezone
  9. Nell, Nell: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook

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  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. NELL: Acronym Finder

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nell: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Nell)

▸ noun:  A diminutive of the female given names Eleanor, Ellen and Helen.

Similar:
Nellie, nelly, Elle, Elinor, Eleanor, Nelia, Elliana, Ellinor, Nelda, Enola, more...

Opposite:
well

Phrases:
little nell, Nell Gwyn, nell gwynn, Nell Gwynne, nell blaine, more...

Adjectives:
little, dear, poor, old, gentle, noble, sweet, niphuis, rosy, lovely, pretty



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Similar:
Nellie, nelly, Elle, Elinor, Eleanor, Nelia, Elliana, Ellinor, Nelda, Enola, more...

Opposite:
well

Phrases:
little nell, Nell Gwyn, nell gwynn, Nell Gwynne, nell blaine, nell brinkley, nell dorr, nell gywn, gwyn, nell, gwyn nell, Nell Newman, Nell Mangel, Scottie Nell Hughes, Nell Tiger Free, Nell Carter, Nell Hudson, more...

Adjectives:
little, dear, poor, old, gentle, noble, sweet, niphuis, rosy, lovely, pretty



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