Meanings
nouncousin sister (plural cousin sisters)
plural cousin sisters · alternative cousin-sister
- South AsiaA female first cousin.
Late in 1997 the entire family returned to India to arrange the marriages of Nimrat's brothers and cousin-sister.
2006, Nicola Mooney, “Aspiration, reunification and gender transformation in Jat Sikh marriages from India to Canada”, in Global Networks, volume 6, number 4, page 3941 more example
Welfare Ministry Secretary Upali Dahanayake, his elderly father, daughter, and a cousin sister died on the spot in a tragic accident in Mahiyangana yesterday.
2007 July 2, Kurulu Kariyakarawana, Yohan Perera, “Ministry secretary, three others killed in road accident”, in Daily Mirror e-edition, Sri Lanka, page 1
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