cousin
Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).
Synonyms: cosin
Antonyms: cosin
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Noun
- {{senseid|en|relation}} ''Chiefly with a [[qualifying|qualifying]] [[word#Noun|word]]'': Any [[relation]] (especially a [[distant]] one) who is not a [[direct#Adjective|direct]] [[ancestor]] or [[descendant]] but [[part#Noun|part]] of a [[person#Noun|person]]'s [[extended family]]; a [[kinsman]] or [[kinswoman]].
- {{lb|en|chiefly|in the plural}} A person of an [[ethnicity]] or [[nationality]] [[regard#Verb|regarded]] as [[closely]] [[related#Adjective|related]] to someone of another ethnicity or nationality.
- {{non-gloss|[[use#Verb|Used]] as a [[term of address]] for someone whom one is [[close#Adjective|close]] to; also, (''[[precede|preceding]] a [[first name]], sometimes [[capitalize]]d as'' '''Cousin''') a [[title#Noun|title]] for such a person.}}
- {{non-gloss|Used by a [[monarch]] to [[address#Verb|address]] another monarch, or a [[noble#Noun|noble]]; specifically {{lb|en|Britain}} in [[commission]]s and [[writ#Noun|writs]] by the [[Crown]]: used in this way to address a [[viscount]] or another [[peer#Noun|peer]] of [[high#Adjective|higher]] [[rank#Noun|rank]].}}
- {{lb|en|figurative|also|attributive}} Something [[kindred#Adjective|kindred]] or related to something else; a [[relative#Noun|relative]].
- {{lb|en|obsolete}}
Verb
- {{lb|en|transitive|rare}}
- {{lb|en|intransitive|chiefly|US|informal|or|regional}}
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