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second cousin
(encz) | second cousin,druhá sestřenice Zdeněk Brož |
second cousin
(encz) | second cousin,druhý bratranec n: Zdeněk Brož |
Second cousin
(gcide) | Second \Sec"ond\, a. [F., fr. L. secundus second, properly,
following, fr. sequi to follow. See Sue to follow, and cf.
Secund.]
1. Immediately following the first; next to the first in
order of place or time; hence, occurring again; another;
other.
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And he slept and dreamed the second time. --Gen.
xli. 5.
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2. Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or
rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
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May the day when we become the second people upon
earth . . . be the day of our utter extirpation.
--Landor.
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3. Being of the same kind as another that has preceded;
another, like a prototype; as, a second Cato; a second
Troy; a second deluge.
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A Daniel, still say I, a second Daniel! --Shak.
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Second Adventist. See Adventist.
Second cousin, the child of a cousin.
Second-cut file. See under File.
Second distance (Art), that part of a picture between the
foreground and the background; -- called also {middle
ground}, or middle distance. [R.]
Second estate (Eng.), the House of Peers.
Second girl, a female house-servant who does the lighter
work, as chamber work or waiting on table.
Second intention. See under Intention.
Second story, Second floor, in America, the second range
of rooms from the street level. This, in England, is
called the first floor, the one beneath being the
ground floor.
Second thought or Second thoughts, consideration of a
matter following a first impulse or impression;
reconsideration.
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On second thoughts, gentlemen, I don't wish you had
known him. --Dickens.
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second cousin
(wn) | second cousin
n 1: a child of a first cousin |
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second cousin
(encz) | second cousin,druhá sestřenice Zdeněk Brožsecond cousin,druhý bratranec n: Zdeněk Brož |
second cousins
(gcide) | Cousin \Cous"in\ (k[u^]z"'n), n. [F. cousin, LL. cosinus,
cusinus, contr. from L. consobrinus the child of a mother's
sister, cousin; con- + sobrinus a cousin by the mother's
side, a form derived fr. soror (for sosor) sister. See
Sister, and cf. Cozen, Coz.]
1. One collaterally related more remotely than a brother or
sister; especially, the son or daughter of an uncle or
aunt.
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Note: The children of brothers and sisters are usually
denominated first cousins, or cousins-german. In
the second generation, they are called {second
cousins}. See Cater-cousin, and Quater-cousin.
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Thou art, great lord, my father's sister's son,
A cousin-german to great Priam's seed. --Shak.
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2. A title formerly given by a king to a nobleman,
particularly to those of the council. In English writs,
etc., issued by the crown, it signifies any earl.
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My noble lords and cousins, all, good morrow.
--Shak.
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second cousin
(wn) | second cousin
n 1: a child of a first cousin |
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