Each of two cousins who are children of a brother and sister.
交错从表（即姑表兄弟姊妹或舅表兄弟姊妹）
as modifiercross-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 cousin
noun
Each of two cousins who are children of a brother and sister.
交错从表（即姑表兄弟姊妹或舅表兄弟姊妹）
as modifiercross-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.