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Meaning of cross-cousin | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

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).

Equivalents

Français cousin croisé
한국어 교차사촌

Examples

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

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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