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second cousin

NOUN
  1. a child of a first cousin of one's parent

How To Use second cousin In A Sentence

  • A MAN who asked a librarian to help him trace his ancestors discovered she was his second cousin. The Sun
  • You're just our second cousin from the west.
  • Then there is that second cousin in Belgium. Times, Sunday Times
  • By marrying successively two second cousins, who were themselves heiresses of the same grocery business, he consolidated his fortune to the benefit of his collection, since both marriages were childless.
  • I find this man is a second cousin of his. Middlemarch
  • But as generations proceeded, and the relationships within the family diverged beyond the degree of second cousin, a natural breaking up seems to have taken place, though in the direction of subinfeudation under the feudal enforcement of the rule of primogeniture, instead of the practice, more in accordance with tribal instincts, of equal division and enfranchisement. On The Structure of Greek Tribal Society: An Essay
  • I find this man is a second cousin of his. Middlemarch
  • Then there is that second cousin in Belgium. Times, Sunday Times
  • JM: Jena is tested severely – her father has to go away for the winter, and although she and her sisters should be able to cope, a series of unlucky events plus the interference of domineering second cousin Cezar robs them of their independence and places their home and the business in danger. Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Take Five Interview: Juliet Marillier and Wildwood Dancing
  • We were second cousins, not first. Times, Sunday Times
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