cross-cousin
[ kraws-kuhz-uhn, kros- ]
noun
a cousin who is the child either of one's mother's brother or one's father's sister.
Origin of cross-cousin
1First recorded in 1930–35
- Compare parallel cousin.
Words Nearby cross-cousin
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How to use cross-cousin in a sentence
Tsoay was one of the youngest of their group, Buck's own cross-cousin and near-brother.
The Defiant Agents | Andre Alice NortonCertain of the features which follow from the cross-cousin marriage may be the result of another marriage regulation.
Kinship and Social Organisation | W. H. R. RiversOne feature, however, of the system of relationship is just such as would follow from the cross-cousin marriage.
Kinship and Social Organisation | W. H. R. RiversThese usages are exactly such as would follow from the cross-cousin marriage.
Kinship and Social Organisation | W. H. R. RiversSimilarly, a woman calls her cross-cousin she-chay-she, while her husbands brother and her sisters husband are called she-chay.
Kinship and Social Organisation | W. H. R. Rivers
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