"cross-cousin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cross-cousins [plural]
Etymology: From cross- + cousin. Etymology templates: {{af|en|cross-|cousin}} cross- + cousin Head templates: {{en-noun}} cross-cousin (plural cross-cousins)
  1. (anthropology) 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). Categories (topical): Anthropology, Family members Synonyms: cross cousin Derived forms: cross-cousin marriage, first cross-cousin, second cross-cousin Coordinate_terms: parallel cousin Translations (relationship between two cousins or two groups of cousins whose parents are brother and sister, respectively): geparenca kuzo (Esperanto), cousin croisé [masculine] (French), 교차사촌 (gyochasachon) (Korean), haŋkáši (english: man's [my] female cross cousin) (Lakota), tȟaŋháŋši (english: man's [my] male cross cousin) (Lakota), čépȟaŋši (Lakota), sčépȟaŋši (english: woman's [my] female cross cousin) (Lakota), šič'éši (english: woman's [my] male cross cousin) (Lakota), consobrin (Latin), amitin (english: father's sister's child) (Latin), korskusin (Swedish), morbrorsbarn (Swedish), fastersbarn (Swedish), மச்சான் (maccāṉ) [masculine] (Tamil), மச்ளி (macḷi) [feminine] (Tamil)

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      "code": "la",
      "english": "father's sister's child",
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      "sense": "relationship between two cousins or two groups of cousins whose parents are brother and sister, respectively",
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    },
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      "sense": "relationship between two cousins or two groups of cousins whose parents are brother and sister, respectively",
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      "word": "morbrorsbarn"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
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      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "maccāṉ",
      "sense": "relationship between two cousins or two groups of cousins whose parents are brother and sister, respectively",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "மச்சான்"
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      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "macḷi",
      "sense": "relationship between two cousins or two groups of cousins whose parents are brother and sister, respectively",
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      "word": "மச்ளி"
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