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Meaning of "orthocousins" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF ORTHOCOUSINS

ˈɔːθəʊˌkʌzənz


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ORTHOCOUSINS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Orthocousins is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ORTHOCOUSINS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of orthocousins in the English dictionary

The definition of orthocousins in the dictionary is the children of two brothers or two sisters.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ORTHOCOUSINS

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ORTHOCOUSINS

orthoborate · orthoboric acid · orthocaine · orthocenter · orthocentre · orthocephalic · orthocephalous · orthocephaly · orthochromatic · orthochromatism · orthoclase · orthodiagonal · orthodontia · orthodontic · orthodontically · orthodontics · orthodontist · orthodox · Orthodox Church · orthodox Jew

WORDS THAT END LIKE ORTHOCOUSINS

bins · brains · collins · curtains · deadly sins · gains · Hawkins · Higgins · Hopkins · Jenkins · mains · origins · pains · plains · remains · Robbins · ruins · seven deadly sins · strains · Twins

Synonyms and antonyms of orthocousins in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «orthocousins» into 25 languages

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The translations of orthocousins from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «orthocousins» in English.
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orthocousins
1,325 millions of speakers
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orthocousins
570 millions of speakers
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orthocousins
510 millions of speakers
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orthocousins
380 millions of speakers
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orthocousins
280 millions of speakers
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orthocousins
278 millions of speakers
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orthocousins
270 millions of speakers
bn

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orthocousins
260 millions of speakers
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orthocousins
220 millions of speakers
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Orthocousins
190 millions of speakers
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orthocousins
180 millions of speakers
ja

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orthocousins
130 millions of speakers
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orthocousins
85 millions of speakers
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Orthocousins
85 millions of speakers
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orthocousins
80 millions of speakers
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orthocousins
75 millions of speakers
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ऑर्थोकुसाइन
75 millions of speakers
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orthocousins
70 millions of speakers
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orthocousins
65 millions of speakers
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orthocousins
50 millions of speakers
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orthocousins
40 millions of speakers
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orthocousins
30 millions of speakers
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orthocousins
15 millions of speakers
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orthocousins
14 millions of speakers
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orthocousins
10 millions of speakers
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orthocousins
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ORTHOCOUSINS»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about orthocousins

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ORTHOCOUSINS»

Discover the use of orthocousins in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to orthocousins and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Reinvention of Primitive Society: Transformations of a Myth
Like Tylor before him,Frazer arguedthat where marriage was prohibited with these orthocousins,this was a relic of a former moiety system. Moieties had been introduced to stop men marrying their sisters. A byproduct of the incest taboo was  ...
Adam Kuper, 2005
2
Lexical Reconstruction: The Case of the Proto-Athapaskan ...
As employed in this work, also used to refer to equation of BSn or BCh ws and B/ Ss, and equation of OSs with FSs, instances of over-riding of generations within Ego's patrilineal unit. orthocousins: see parallel cousins. parallel aunts and ...
Isidore Dyen, David Friend Aberle, 1974
3
Africana Bulletin
Owadwa mar kawuora: orthocousins (emphasis laid on the father); owadwa mar parwa or dalawa: orthocousins (emphasis on the territorial unit); owadwa madire: ortho- cousins and cousins. Owadwa mar kanyego, owadwa mar libamba: ...
‎1967
4
Collected papers
Fourth generation: Seven women from different branches of the Karabey, three orthocousins, two maternal cousins, two cousins, one daughter of the Ulas tribe and two with non-tribal girls. Fifth generation: Two women from different branches  ...
Wolfram Eberhard, 1967
5
Aristocratic Society in Ancient Crete (Routledge Revivals)
Briffault, commenting on this provision for the marriage of orthocousins, observed thatthe practiceof marrying the daughterof one'sfather's brotherwas, asanestablished usage, now almost confined tothe Arabs; some other Muhammadan ...
R. F. Willetts, 2014
6
Settlement and social change in Asia
Fourth generation: Seven women from different branches of the Karabey, three orthocousins, two maternal cousins, two cousins, one daughter of the Ula§ tribe and two with non-tribal girls. Fifth generation: Two women from different branches  ...
Wolfram Eberhard, 1967
7
Sex and Religion
This story obviously refers to a conflict concerning marriage between orthocousins, that is between consanguineous clans, between the children of two brothers, which became characteristic of the Moslem world, and which was brought to ...
Pierre Gordon, 1949
8
The Chambers Dictionary
n or tho= compound (chem). n orthocousins children of two sisters or of two brothers. n orthodiag onal in a monoclinic crystal, that lateral axis which is perpendicular to the vertical axis n orthodontla (-don ti-i) or n sing orthodont ics ( Gr odous.
Allied Chambers, 1998
9
An atoll culture: ethnography of Ifaulk in the central Caroline
The sons of women whom we would call parallel cousins or orthocousins of the deceased chief, on his mother's side, would also be eligible; for the chief would speak of any of them as "my sister" (moengai); and the term for "son" would be ...
Edwin Grant Burrows, 1957
10
The mothers
... between a father's brother's child or a mother's sister's child, calling both first- cousins, but among the vast majority of peoples a distinction is drawn between the two, the first kind being known as cross-cousins, the latter as orthocousins.
Robert Briffault, Gordon Rattray Taylor, 1977
REFERENCE
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