cousin

IPA: kˈʌzʌn

noun

  • Chiefly with a qualifying word: any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; a kinsman or kinswoman.
  • (specifically) Preceded by an ordinal number, as first, second, third, etc.: a person descended from a common ancestor by the same number of generations as another person.
  • (specifically) When used without a qualifying word: the child of a person's parent's brother (that is, an uncle) or sister (an aunt); a cousin-german, a first cousin.
  • (chiefly in the plural) A person of an ethnicity or nationality regarded as closely related to someone of another ethnicity or nationality.
  • Used as a term of address for someone whom one is close to; also, (preceding a first name, sometimes capitalized as Cousin) a title for such a person.
  • Used by a monarch to address another monarch, or a noble; specifically (Britain) in commissions and writs by the Crown: used in this way to address a viscount or another peer of higher rank.
  • (figurative, also attributive) Something kindred or related to something else; a relative.
  • (obsolete)
  • (cant) A female sexual partner who is not a person's wife; specifically, a prostitute.
  • (cant) A person who is swindled; a dupe.
  • (rare) A person who womanizes; a seducer, a womanizer.
  • A surname from Middle English

verb

  • (transitive, rare)
  • To address (someone) as "cousin".
  • (also reflexive) To regard (oneself or someone) as a cousin to another person.
  • (intransitive, chiefly US, informal or regional)
  • To associate with someone or something on a close basis.
  • To visit a cousin or other relation.
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Examples of "cousin" in Sentences

  • He was the first cousin of the first Baron.
  • I am the cousin of the User HolyRomanEmperor.
  • Big Star is the naive cousin of The Big Time.
  • He was a cousin of the regicide, James Temple.
  • He was the cousin of the poet Holger Drachmann.
  • Ananda was the youngest first cousin of the Buddha.
  • He is the cousin and resembles the guy in the photo.
  • He is the son of Rayber, and the cousin of Tarwater.
  • "So – my cousin is your wife, I think you were saying?"
  • Additionally, the saucer is a distant cousin to the plate.
  • According to Vanessa's cousin, there was no prenuptial agreement.
  • Micah finding out that his cousin is a super is something happening.
  • I guess my cousin is the one who got all the high-end artistic appreciation skillz.
  • Gator, my cousin is a veterinarian and is the same. the only thing that grosses her out is drool.
  • Sorry but my cousin is a retired officer as are several of his friends and I get my info from them.
  • As mentioned in my earlier posts, my cousin is a writer, comedian, and producer living and performing in New York.
  • I. v.32 (37, 6) good cousin Capulet] This _cousin_ Capulet is _unkle_ in the paper of invitation; but as Capulet is described as old, _cousin_ is probably the right word in both places.
  • As mentioned below, it shows a modern Native child; it also shows traditions, such as a powwow and jingle dancing, balanced with modern ways (a cousin is a lawyer, the video of grandmother.)

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