CROSS-COUSIN Definition & Meaning

cross-cousin

[ kraws-kuhz-uhn, kros- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

a cousin who is the child either of one's mother's brother or one's father's sister.

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First recorded in 1930–35

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While that was a surprise, they were able to figure out that was due to cross-cousin marriages in the Washington family tree.

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Because he was related as a cross-cousin, and also because he had been the husband of her friend, she was familiar around him and not shy at all.

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Tsoay was one of the youngest of their group, Buck's own cross-cousin and near-brother.

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