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
Holmhurst, July 10, 1869.—Your description made me see a pleasant mental picture of the cousinhood assembled at your party.
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. Hare
But cousinhood does allow some escape from the hardship of this rule.
From The Vicar of Bullhampton by Anthony Trollope
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
