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cousin-german

cousin-german noun: a first cousin.

Noun

cousin-german (plural cousins-german or cousin-germans)

  1. (archaic) A first cousin.
    • This interesting explanation of family connections given by Mrs. Boville occasioned an éclaircissement exceedingly gratifying to Mrs. De Brooke and Rosilia. Doctor Lovesworth, for whom they had mutually, with the whole of their family, felt so great a partiality, was found to be the cousin-german...1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XX, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 254
  2. (archaic, figuratively) Something closely related.
    • This propensity to display its blossoms on bare branches the almond shares with several of its kindred; and, as a parallel to Solomon's image, we may refer to its cousin-german the sloe, in our own cold clime so familiar, with its snowy petals […]1866, Patrick Fairbairn, The Imperial Bible-Dictionary, page 59
    • "Have a care what you do, Grantly, this Indian is cousin-german to the Old Nick, and he can read your intentions like print."1899, William Wallace Cook, “Aquastor”, in Overland Monthly, page 18

cousin-german meaning in Tamil

cousin-german in Tamil

பெற்றோரின் உடன்பிறந்தாரின் சேய், உடன்பிறந்தார் பிள்ளை, நெருங்கிய உறவினர்

Forms of cousin-german

pluralcousins-german
pluralcousin-germans
alternative formcousin german

Origin of cousin-german

From Middle English cosin germain, from Anglo-Norman cosin germain, cosine germaine. See also Middle English cosin, germain.

Questions about cousin-german

What does cousin-german mean?
Cousin-german means a first cousin.
What is cousin-german in Tamil?
Cousin-german in Tamil is பெற்றோரின் உடன்பிறந்தாரின் சேய், உடன்பிறந்தார் பிள்ளை, நெருங்கிய உறவினர். See Cousin-german meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cousin-german?
Cousin-german is a noun.
What is the plural of cousin-german?
The plural of cousin-german is cousins-german.

Words near cousin-german in the dictionary

  1. cousin sisters
  2. cousin-aunt
  3. cousin-aunts
  4. cousin-brother
  5. cousin-brothers
  6. cousin-german
  7. cousin-germans
  8. cousin-in-law
  9. cousin-in-laws
  10. cousin-sister
  11. cousin-sisters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cousin-german (page history and authors); cousin-german (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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