Cross-cousin

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The child of one's father's sister or of one's mother's brother; a cousin related via opposite-gender siblings rather than same-gender ones (the latter being a parallel cousin).

    "Many societies forbid marriage between parallel cousins, but encourage marriage between cross-cousins or second cross-cousins."

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"Many societies forbid marriage between parallel cousins, but encourage marriage between cross-cousins or second cross-cousins."

Etymology

From cross- + cousin.

Related phrases

cross-cousin marriagefirst cross-cousinsecond cross-cousin

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