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Definition of cross cousin in English: cross cousinnoun Each of two cousins who are children of a brother and sister. as modifier cross-cousin marriage Example sentencesExamples - For instance, parallel cousins are not considered to be marriageable, but cross cousins are.
- Marriage unions that create family alliances and concentrate land, wealth, and status, such as preferential cross-cousin marriage, are favored in many Micronesian societies.
- A cross cousin is the child of your mother's brother or father's sister, while the children of your mother's sister or father's brother are parallel cousins.
- In the times before Christian influence, the preference in some Polynesian societies was for cross-cousin marriage - a woman would marry her mother's brother's son or her father's sister's son.
- Marriages are usually arranged, and cross-cousin marriages are preferred.
Definition of cross cousin in US English: cross cousinnoun Each of two cousins who are children of a brother and sister. as modifier cross-cousin marriage Compare with parallel cousin Example sentencesExamples - A cross cousin is the child of your mother's brother or father's sister, while the children of your mother's sister or father's brother are parallel cousins.
- Marriages are usually arranged, and cross-cousin marriages are preferred.
- In the times before Christian influence, the preference in some Polynesian societies was for cross-cousin marriage - a woman would marry her mother's brother's son or her father's sister's son.
- For instance, parallel cousins are not considered to be marriageable, but cross cousins are.
- Marriage unions that create family alliances and concentrate land, wealth, and status, such as preferential cross-cousin marriage, are favored in many Micronesian societies.
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