cousin
noun
the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
cousinhood
-
a word derived from
cousin.
Example Sentences
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The filmmaker recounts the pleasures of cousinhood and family before the hurricane.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2022
Darwinism insists at best on the distant cousinhood of humanity.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2011
In them the oyster-eater and the oyster may find some common bond of sympathy and distant cousinhood.
From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 by Various
If our supposition be correct, therefore, Ellen and Sylvanus were linked by the double bond of cousinhood and matrimony.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 13, November, 1858 by Various
Numerous persons claimed kinship with him, and the establishment of third or fourth degree of cousinhood had lifted more than one family out of obscurity.
From Old Ebenezer by Opie Percival Read
