second cousin

noun

|Updated on: 13 Jun 2018

Examples: second cousin in a Sentence

Definition of second cousin

: the child of one's parent's first cousin

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Examples of second cousin in a Sentence

Susan is my second cousin.

Recent Examples of second cousin from the Web

That had nothing to do with his parents, though, but was a reference to Lorenzo Buffon, who won six scudetti in the late 50s and early 60s–five with Milan and one with Internazionale–and was a second cousin of Buffon’s grandfather.

— jonathan wilson, SI.com, "Gianluigi Buffon Leaves Door Open for Final Chapter of His Legacy After Juventus Exit," 17 May 2018
Because in 2007, long after the show ended, Shaughnessy inherited the title Baron Shaughnessy upon the death of a second cousin.

— ellen gray, Philly.com, "When Harry weds Meghan: How U.S. TV is putting its own twist on the festivities," 15 May 2018
Or maybe it’s delivered in the middle of the day, informing you that your childhood next-door neighbor’s second cousin died.

— libby hill, latimes.com, "Celebs share their bizarro mom texts on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'," 11 May 2018
John’s second cousin, Michael Janusek, is an engineer on the Chicago Heights Fire Department.

— howard ludwig, Daily Southtown, "Meet the boy behind First Responders Day in Chicago Heights," 26 Apr. 2018
Family lore via the husband of a second cousin of Meghan’s father, former U.S. Air Force colonel Ken Barbi, holds that Markle’s great-great-great-grandmother Mary Bird worked at the palaces.

— leslie carroll, Vanities, "How Meghan Markle Was Destined for the Spotlight," 24 Apr. 2018
As normal life became untenable, Ehrlich reached out to his second cousin, Ernst Lubitsch, by then a celebrated Hollywood director and producer.

— noga tarnopolsky, latimes.com, "Long forgotten, a star of prewar Germany is rediscovered more than 70 years after his death at Auschwitz," 13 Apr. 2018
Giuliani married his second cousin, then left her after 14 years for former WSVN-Channel 7 anchor Donna Hanover.

— jose lambiet, miamiherald, "South Florida condos worth total $4 million may be up for grabs in Giuliani divorce | Miami Herald," 5 Apr. 2018
Though a second cousin of Thomas Jefferson, Marshall was not rich, and his wife was sickly.

— kate galbraith, San Francisco Chronicle, "‘Without Precedent,’ by Joel Richard Paul; ‘Supreme Injustice,’ by Paul Finkelman," 7 Mar. 2018

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