[f. COUSIN sb. + -RY: cf. F. cousinière.] A body of cousins or kinsfolk.
1845. Carlyle, Cromwell (1873), I. 23. The numerous and now mostly forgettable cousinry.
1873. Dixon, Two Queens, IV. XX. v. 88. Even the Irish cousinry were taken into favour.
[f. COUSIN sb. + -RY: cf. F. cousinière.] A body of cousins or kinsfolk.
1845. Carlyle, Cromwell (1873), I. 23. The numerous and now mostly forgettable cousinry.
1873. Dixon, Two Queens, IV. XX. v. 88. Even the Irish cousinry were taken into favour.
