Definitions
1.NounChiefly 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.
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.
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."Although we were cousins, we grew up like sisters."
2.NounPreceded 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.
3.NounWhen 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."Although we were cousins, we grew up like sisters."
4.NounA person of an ethnicity or nationality regarded as closely related to someone of another ethnicity or nationality.
5.NounUsed 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.
6.NounUsed by a monarch to address another monarch, or a noble; specifically in commissions and writs by the Crown: used in this way to address a viscount or another peer of higher rank.
7.NounSomething kindred or related to something else; a relative.
8.NounA female sexual partner who is not a person's wife; specifically, a prostitute.
A person who is swindled; a dupe.
9.NounA female sexual partner who is not a person's wife; specifically, a prostitute.
10.NounA person who is swindled; a dupe.
11.NounA person who womanizes; a seducer, a womanizer.
12.VerbTo address (someone) as "cousin".
To regard (oneself or someone) as a cousin to another person.
13.VerbTo address (someone) as "cousin".
14.VerbTo regard (oneself or someone) as a cousin to another person.
15.VerbTo associate with someone or something on a close basis.
To visit a cousin or other relation.
16.VerbTo associate with someone or something on a close basis.
17.VerbTo visit a cousin or other relation.