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cousin n

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 (British) 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. cousin v (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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