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
There was that terrible great-aunt at Coucy, and the aunts at Beaulieu and Avranches, and the endless cousinhood stretching as far south as the Nivernais....
From The Path of the King by Buchan, John
But cousinhood does allow some escape from the hardship of this rule.
From The Vicar of Bullhampton by Trollope, Anthony
Courtesying, not very formally, she put out her hand, and said with a laugh— “I must beg to be considered among the cousinhood, or I shall feel like a stranger in your midst.”
From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald
