second cousin

noun

: the child of one's parent's first cousin

Examples of second cousin in a Sentence

Susan is my second cousin.
Recent Examples on the Web There’s not a word for second cousin once removed or even auntie, uncle. Tomris Laffly, IndieWire, 20 June 2024 Three days before 50 First Dates premiered in thousands of theaters across the U.S., a spiritual second cousin premiered at Berlin International Film Festival: Before Sunset. Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2024 The Prince of Wales attended the funeral of Thomas Kingston — husband to King Charles’ second cousin — this week without the monarch or Catherine, Princess of Wales, amid an influx of conspiracy theories about her health. Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2024 By Rebecca Schneid June 7, 2024 11:07 AM EDT The Traitors, Peacock’s reality TV competition, has revealed its cast for its upcoming Season 3, and one of the new stars will be British aristocrat Lord Ivar Mountbatten, second cousin to King Charles III and a direct descendent of Queen Victoria. Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 7 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for second cousin 

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Word History

First Known Use

1660, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of second cousin was in 1660

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“Second cousin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/second%20cousin. Accessed 1 Jul. 2024.

Kids Definition

second cousin

noun
: the child of one's parent's first cousin
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