fourth cousin

fourth cousin
Any of a number of people who have a common great, great, great-grandparent.

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  • Cousin — For other uses, see Cousin (disambiguation). Relationships …   Wikipedia

  • cousin —    This is described by Robert Chapman, in his Dictionary of American Slang, as ‘an amiable form of address’, the equivalent of ‘friend’ in an expression like ‘How you doin’, cousin?’ Like ‘friend’ itself, ‘cousin’ in this sense need not… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • Fourth Crusade — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Fourth Crusade partof=the Crusades caption=Conquest of Constantinople by the Crusaders in 1204. date=1202 1204 place=Balkans territory=Creation of Crusader States in the Balkans. result=Completion of Great… …   Wikipedia

  • cousin — /kszsn/ Kindred in the fourth degree, being the issue (male or female) of the brother or sister of one s father or mother. Those who descend from the brother or sister of the father of the person spoken of are called paternal cousins , maternal… …   Black's law dictionary

  • cousin — /kszsn/ Kindred in the fourth degree, being the issue (male or female) of the brother or sister of one s father or mother. Those who descend from the brother or sister of the father of the person spoken of are called paternal cousins , maternal… …   Black's law dictionary

  • cousin — The child of one s uncle or aunt; a relative in the fourth degree according to the method of computing kinship used in most jurisdictions. 23 Am J2d Desc & D § 48. The children of brothers, sisters, or a brother and sister, respectively, are… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • Cousin Lane —    South out of Upper Thames Street, at No. 83, to the Thames (P.O. Directory). In Dowgate Ward.    Earliest mention: O. and M. 1677.    Other forms of name : La Cosyneslane, 1305 6 (Ct. H.W. I. 175). Cosyngeslane, 1321 (Cal. L. Bk. E. p. 144).… …   Dictionary of London

  • cater-cousin — [kāt′ər kuz΄ən] n. [see CATER CORNERED & COUSIN; orig., fourth cousin] Archaic a close friend …   English World dictionary

  • quater cousin — A cater cousin, a fourth cousin …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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