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cousin sister en · NOUN

Meanings

  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:
    • Welfare Ministry Secretary Upali Dahanayake, his elderly father, daughter, and a cousin sister died on the spot in a tragic accident in Mahiyangana yesterday. 2007 July 2, Kurulu Kariyakarawana, Yohan Perera, “Ministry secretary, three others killed in road accident”, in Daily Mirror e-edition, Sri Lanka, page 1:

Forms

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cousin sisters Number=Plur lexicographic
cousin-sister alternative lexicographic

Relateds

cousin brother