cousin-german

See also: cousin german

English

Alternative forms

• cousin german

Noun

cousin-german (plural cousin-germans or cousins-german)

1. A first cousin.
2. (figurative) Something closely related.
   • 1866, Patrick Fairbairn, The Imperial Bible-Dictionary (page 59)

     This propensity to display its blossoms on bare branches the almond shares with several of its kindred; and, as a parallel to Solomon's image, we may refer to its cousin-german the sloe, in our own cold clime so familiar, with its snowy petals […]