cousin sister
See also: cousin-sister
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[edit]cousin sister (plural cousin sisters)
- (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.