cousin-german
noun
cousins-german
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pluralof cousin-german.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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This, therefore, excited no suspicion; but true it is, and of verity, these two similar and affianced beings were cousins-german.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 by John Mackay Wilson
We had a number of visitors on board, and among others, several princes, cousins-german of the Sultan, one of them being the Commander-in-Chief of the army.
From The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter by Raphael Semmes
These two counts were nephews and cousins-german to the King of France, and, on the other part, nephews to the King of England.
From Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople by Geoffroi de Villehardouin
The people there tilled the soil; they went to church, paid tithes, and yielded forced labour; but for the rest they were Huzuls, and cousins-german to the bear-hunters of the Welyki Lys.
From For the Right by Karl Emil Franzos
Besides, they were related, being born of cousins-german.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Arthur Hugh Clough
