First+cousin

  • 41cousin — n. 1) a first; second cousin; a first cousin once removed 2) a cousin to (she is a first cousin to the count) 3) (colloq.) kissing ( friendly ) cousins * * * [ kʌz(ə)n] a first cousin once removed second cousin (colloq.) kissing ( friendly )… …

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  • 42cousin — /ˈkʌzən / (say kuzuhn) noun 1. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt. 2. a person related by descent in a diverging line from a known common ancestor. The children of brothers and sisters are to each other cousins, cousins german, first cousins …

  • 43first — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 a earliest in time or order. b coming next after a specified or implied time (shall take the first train; the first cuckoo). 2 foremost in position, rank, or importance (First Lord of the Treasury; first mate). 3 Mus.… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 44cousin — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ first, second ▪ distant, remote (BrE) ▪ close, kissing (AmE) (both figurative) ▪ …

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  • 45cousin — n. 1 (also first cousin, cousin german) the child of one s uncle or aunt. 2 (usu. in pl.) applied to the people of kindred races or nations (our American cousins). 3 hist. a title formerly used by a sovereign in addressing another sovereign or a… …

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  • 46cousin — cous|in S3 [ˈkʌzən] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: cosin, from Latin consobrinus, from com ( COM ) + sobrinus cousin on the mother s side (from soror sister )] 1.) the child of your ↑uncle or ↑aunt →↑ …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 47Cousin marriage court cases in the United States — Case law The following is an incomplete list of United States court cases on cousin marriage. Currently only certain cases at the appellate level in the last sixty years are listed. Name Date Forum Description Ex parte BOWEN March 21, 1952 Court… …

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  • 48cousin — [[t]kʌ̱z(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦ cousins 1) N COUNT: oft with poss Your cousin is the child of your uncle or aunt. → See also second cousin My cousin Mark helped me... We are cousins. Syn: first cousin 2) N COUNT If you refer to two things or groups of… …

    English dictionary

  • 49cousin */*/ — UK [ˈkʌz(ə)n] / US noun [countable] Word forms cousin : singular cousin plural cousins 1) a) a child of your uncle or aunt. This person can also be called your first cousin. A child of the cousin of one of your parents is called a second cousin… …

    English dictionary

  • 50cousin — cousinage, cousinhood, cousinship, n. /kuz euhn/, n. 1. Also called first cousin, full cousin, cousin german. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt. 2. one related by descent in a diverging line from a known common ancestor, as from one s… …

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