Meaning of first cousin | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A child of a parent's sibling; a nephew or niece of a parent; a child of one's uncle or aunt.
2. A relative who has with the other person only two grandparents or one grandparent (maternal or paternal) in common, but parents are different.
3. Anything closely related.
   broadly, figuratively

Examples

“[…] that coarseness which is first cousin to sin.”

“[H]e was afraid the Mexicans, who were, he claimed, first cousin to the spigotties, would catch us off our guard and give us the same treatment.”

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