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second cousin
second cousin
noun
- the child of a first cousin of either of one's parents
Word History and Origins
Origin of second cousin1
Idioms and Phrases
Something that is related or similar but not quite the same, as in This beef stew is second cousin to boeuf bourguignon . This expression transfers the literal sense of second cousin —that is, the child of the first cousin of one's mother or father—a usage dating from the mid-1600s.Example Sentences
Charles was, in fact, on his mother's side, second-cousin to an English Earl.
Second-cousin Charles Adams had been in correspondence with him, and advised him to return.
Val Dartie, it was true, was a second-cousin, but it was not the thing for Holly to go about with him.
You are of the noble Austrian blood; the second-cousin of your mother is a grand duke; you must not forget.'
He was my own second-cousin, and our folks used to visit back and forth a good deal before he was married.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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