| 单词 | cross-cousin |
| 释义 | > as lemmascross-cousin cross-cousin n. one of two cousins who are the children of a brother and a sister respectively; also attributive in cross-cousin marriage. ΘΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > cousin > [noun] > child of father's sister or mother's brother cross-cousin1889 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [noun] > marriage between relations cross marriage1539 intermarriage1882 cross-cousin marriage1889 1889 E. Tylor in Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 18 263 The child of the brother may marry the child of the sister. It seems obvious that this ‘cross-cousin marriage’, as it may be called, must be the direct result of the simplest form of exogamy. 1932 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. Jan. 265 All ortho-cousins are forbidden, while cross-cousins are considered suitable mates. 1970 E. Leach Lévi-Strauss 121 A cross-cousin is a cousin of the type ‘mother's brother's child’ or ‘father's sister's child’. < as lemmas |
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