cousin sister

See also: cousin-sister

English

Alternative forms

• cousin-sister

Noun

cousin sister (plural cousin sisters)

1. (South Asia) A female first cousin.
   • 2006, Nicola Mooney, “Aspiration, reunification and gender transformation in Jat Sikh marriages from India to Canada”, in Global Networks, volume 6, number 4, page 394:

     Late in 1997 the entire family returned to India to arrange the marriages of Nimrat's brothers and cousin-sister.

   • 2007 July 2, Kurulu Kariyakarawana, Yohan Perera, “Ministry secretary, three others killed in road accident”, in Daily Mirror e-edition, Sri Lanka, page 1:

     Welfare Ministry Secretary Upali Dahanayake, his elderly father, daughter, and a cousin sister died on the spot in a tragic accident in Mahiyangana yesterday.

Related terms

• cousin brother