first cousin

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first cousin

noun first cousins

A child of a parent's sibling; a nephew or niece of a parent; a child of one's uncle or aunt.
A relative who has with the other person only two grandparents or one grandparent (maternal or paternal) in common, but parents are different.
broadly, figuratively Anything closely related. […] that coarseness which is first cousin to sin.

Similar: cousin, cousin-german, full cousin

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noun

Similar: cousin, cousin-german, full cousin

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@misc{first_cousin_2026,
  title = {first cousin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/first%20cousin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}