QUATER COUSIN
\kwˈe͡ɪtə kˈʌzən], \kwˈeɪtə kˈʌzən], \k_w_ˈeɪ_t_ə k_ˈʌ_z_ə_n]\
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Properly, a cousin in the fourth degree ; but the term has come to express auy remote degree of relationship, and even to bear an ironical signification, in which it denotes a very trifling degree of intimacy and regard. Often corrupted into "cater" cousin
By Henry Campbell Black
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