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ALL meanings of cousin

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  • countable noun cousin Your cousin is the child of your uncle or aunt. 3
  • countable noun cousin If you refer to two things or groups of people as cousins, you mean that they are equivalents or that there is a connection between them. 3
  • noun cousin the child of one's aunt or uncle 3
  • noun cousin a relative who has descended from one of one's common ancestors. A person's second cousin is the child of one of his parents' first cousins. A person's third cousin is the child of one of his parents' second cousins. A first cousin once removed (or loosely second cousin) is the child of one's first cousin 3
  • noun cousin a member of a group related by race, ancestry, interests, etc 3
  • noun cousin a title used by a sovereign when addressing another sovereign or a nobleman 3
  • noun cousin Victor (viktɔr). 1792–1867, French philosopher and educational reformer 3
  • noun cousin a collateral relative more distant than a brother or sister, descended from a common ancestor 3
  • noun cousin the son or daughter of one's uncle or aunt 3
  • noun cousin any relative by blood or marriage 3
  • noun cousin a person or thing thought of as somehow related to another 3
  • noun cousin a title of address used by one sovereign to another sovereign or to a nobleman 3
  • noun cousin Victor [veek-tawr] /vikˈtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1792–1867, French philosopher and educational reformer: founder of the method of eclecticism in French philosophy. 1
  • noun cousin child of an aunt or uncle 1
  • noun cousin relative 1
  • noun cousin common ancestor 1
  • noun cousin similar group 1
  • noun cousin similar thing 1
  • noun cousin A child of one's uncle or aunt. 1
  • noun cousin The son or daughter of a person’s uncle or aunt; a first cousin. 0
  • noun cousin Any relation who is not a direct ancestor or descendant; one more distantly related than an uncle, aunt, granduncle, grandaunt, nephew, niece, grandnephew, grandniece, etc. 0
  • noun cousin (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A title formerly given by a king to a nobleman, particularly to those of the council. In English writs, etc., issued by the crown, it signifies any earl. 0
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