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grandcousin

grandcousin noun: the grandchild of a first cousin, or the first cousin of a grandparent; first cousin twice removed.

Noun

grandcousin (plural grandcousins)

  1. The grandchild of a first cousin, or the first cousin of a grandparent; first cousin twice removed.
    • Just recently I learned that the star of the Johns Hopkins lacrosse team is the great-grandson of my first cousin Myrtle, which I suppose makes him my great-grandcousin.1993, Marjorie Ford, Jon Ford, Ann Watters, Coming from Home: Readings for Writers, →ISBN, page 9
    • This grandcousin of Christian Fenger's indeed was a brilliant man and went into great estate, but the rest of the Fenger family is curiously reticent about him.1941, Jens Christian Bay, The Fortune of Books

Forms of grandcousin

pluralgrandcousins

Origin of grandcousin

From grand- + cousin.

Questions about grandcousin

What does grandcousin mean?
Grandcousin means the grandchild of a first cousin, or the first cousin of a grandparent; first cousin twice removed.
What part of speech is grandcousin?
Grandcousin is a noun.
What is the plural of grandcousin?
The plural of grandcousin is grandcousins.

Words near grandcousin in the dictionary

  1. grandchildhood
  2. grandchildhoods
  3. grandchildless
  4. grandchildlessness
  5. grandchildren
  6. grandcousin
  7. grandcousins
  8. granddad
  9. granddaddies
  10. granddaddiest
  11. granddaddy

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