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cousin-sister

cousin-sister is the alternative spelling of cousin sister.

Meaning of cousin sister

Noun

cousin sister (plural cousin sisters)

  1. (South-Asia) A female first cousin.
    • Late in 1997 the entire family returned to India to arrange the marriages of Nimrat's brothers and cousin-sister.2006, Nicola Mooney, “Aspiration, reunification and gender transformation in Jat Sikh marriages from India to Canada”, in Global Networks, volume 6, number 4, page 394

Forms of cousin-sister

pluralcousin-sisters

Questions about cousin-sister

What is cousin-sister the alternative spelling of?
Cousin-sister is the alternative spelling of cousin sister.

Words near cousin-sister in the dictionary

  1. cousin-brothers
  2. cousin-german
  3. cousin-germans
  4. cousin-in-law
  5. cousin-in-laws
  6. cousin-sister
  7. cousin-sisters
  8. cousin-uncle
  9. cousin-uncles
  10. cousinage
  11. cousinages

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