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cousinhood|ˈkʌz(ə)nhʊd|
[f. cousin n. + -hood.]
1. Cousins or kinsfolk collectively; an association of cousins or relatives. (Cf. brotherhood 5.)
a1797H. Walpole Mem. Geo. II (1847) I. v. 134 The only one of the cousinhood who could not be turned out. 1838Macaulay Ess., Sir W. Temple ⁋13 There were times when the cousinhood, as it was once nicknamed, would of itself have furnished..the materials..for..an efficient Cabinet. 1886L'pool Daily Post 9 Feb. 4/6 Royal houses..are fast becoming a kind of Coburg cousinhood.
2. The relation of being a cousin or cousins.
1833Lamb Elia (1860) 365, I feel a sort of cousinhood or uncleship, for the season. 1865Lightfoot Galatians (1880) 266 The cousinhood of these persons is represented as a cousinhood on the mother's side. |