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cross-cousin marriage
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noun
marriage between the children of a brother and sister.
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Origin of cross-cousin marriage
First recorded in 1885–90
Words nearby cross-cousin marriage
cross-correlation, cross-country, cross-country skiing, crosscourt, cross-cousin, cross-cousin marriage, cross-cultural, crosscurrent, cross-curricular, crosscut, crosscut file
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