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Cousin

Noun

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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.
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