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- cross cousins,Anthropology, Sociology. cousins one of whom has a father who is the brother of the other's mother.
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Parallel and cross cousins — In discussing consanguineal kinship in anthropology, a parallel cousin (or ortho cousin) is a cousin from a parent s same sex sibling, while a cross cousin is from a parent s opposite sexed sibling. So a parallel cousin is the child of the father … Wikipedia
cross-cousin — /kraws kuz euhn, kros /, n. a cousin who is the child either of one s mother s brother or one s father s sister. Cf. parallel cousin. [1930 35] * * * ▪ anthropology the child of one s mother s brother or father s sister. Scholars of kinship … Universalium
cross-cousin — In kinship theory, cross cousin is a term used to describe first cousins whose related parents are of the opposite sex. In other words the mother of one is the sister of the father of the other. Societies vary as to whether they forbid or prefer… … Dictionary of sociology
Cross-dressing in film and television — Film poster for Glen or Glenda … Wikipedia
cross-cousin — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: cross (III) : one of two cousins especially of different sex who are respectively the children of a brother and of a sister the institution of cross cousin marriage compare parallel cousin * * * /kraws kuz euhn,… … Useful english dictionary
cross-cousin — noun The relationship between two cousins or two groups of cousins whose parents are brother and sister, respectively … Wiktionary
cousins — See cross cousin ; parallel cousin … Dictionary of sociology
cross-cousin — noun each of two cousins who are children of a brother and sister … English new terms dictionary
Torquay Hotel Co. Ltd. v. Cousins — [1969] 2 Ch. 106, [1969] 2 WLR 289 is a British labour law case concerning the liability of a union when its members take industrial action. In it Lord Denning MR invented a new economic tort for interference with a contract. This was not there… … Wikipedia
Ralph Wynne Cousins — (* 24. Juli 1915 in Eldorado, Jackson County, Oklahoma; † 5. August 2009 in Newport News, Virginia) war ein US amerikanischer Offizier, der bei der United States Navy den Rang … Deutsch Wikipedia
