cousin brother

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cousin brother (plural cousin brothers)

  1. (South Asia) A male first cousin.
    • 1853, J. H. Stocqueler, The Old Field Officer or The Military and Sporting Adventures of Major Worthington, volume 2, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, page 3:
      I got one cousin-brother. He dam rich. I speak him for the ten thousand rupees.
    • 2006, Nicola Mooney, “Aspiration, reunification and gender transformation in Jat Sikh marriages from India to Canada”, in Global Networks, volume 6, number 4, page 392:
      In Punjabi joint families, first cousins are considered siblings (cousin-sisters and cousin-brothers).
    • 2007, Deepa Venkataraman, "Brave Hearts," expressindia.com, Mumbai, 2 July:
      "I was just recovering from the death of my close cousin brother," says Patil.
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