cross-cousin

[ kraws-kuhz-uhn, kros- ]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cross-cousin¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

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

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Certain of the features which follow from the cross-cousin marriage may be the result of another marriage regulation.

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One feature, however, of the system of relationship is just such as would follow from the cross-cousin marriage.

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These usages are exactly such as would follow from the cross-cousin marriage.

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Similarly, a woman calls her cross-cousin she-chay-she, while her husbands brother and her sisters husband are called she-chay.

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