cousinhood

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noun

Relationship as of cousins.

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cousinship
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Meanings

nouncousinhood (countable and uncountable, plural cousinhoods)

plural cousinhoods

  1. countableuncountableRelationship as of cousins.

    Synonyms: cousinship

  2. countableuncountableThe state or quality of being a cousin.

    Being without a family, I am flattered with these temporary adoptions into a friend's family; I feel a sort of cousinhood, or uncleship, for the season

    1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC

    Synonyms: cousinship

  3. uncountableCousins, or persons related by blood, collectively.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounRelationship as of cousins.

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cousinship

nounThe state or quality of being a cousin.

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cousinship
Also see
cousinship

Origin

From cousin + -hood.

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APA

cousinhood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cousinhood

MLA

“cousinhood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cousinhood. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cousinhood,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cousinhood.

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