cousinry
/kuhz-uhn-ree/US // ˈkʌz ən ri //
表妹,表姐,表弟,表哥
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural cous·in·ries.
- : cousins or relatives collectively.
Examples
There are numerous Borcks always in the King's service; nor are these three, except by loose cousinry, related to one another.
As in the case of its cousinry a-land, the bladderwort at its leisure dines upon its prey.
He sold his business to the "cousinry," and, as they considered, on hard terms.
The Anhalt Cousinry gloomed irreconcilable; were never idle, digging pitfalls, raising troubles.
Goffe, too, was of the Cromwellian cousinry, having married a daughter of Whalley.
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