Definitions for cousin
ˈkʌz əncousin

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. cousin, first cousin, cousin-german, full cousinnoun

   the child of your aunt or uncle

Wiktionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. cousinnoun

   The son or daughter of a person's uncle or aunt; a first cousin.

2. cousinnoun

   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.

3. Etymology: From cosin, from consobrinus, from com- + sobrinus

Webster Dictionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Cousinnoun

   one collaterally related more remotely than a brother or sister; especially, the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt

2. Cousinnoun

   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

3. Cousinnoun

   allied; akin

4. Etymology: [F. cousin, LL. cosinus, cusinus, contr. from L. consobrinus the child of a mother's sister, cousin; con- + sobrinus a cousin by the mother's side, a form derived fr. soror (for sosor) sister. See Sister, and cf. Cozen, Coz.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Cousin

   kuz′n, n. formerly a kinsman generally; now, the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt: a term used by a sovereign in addressing another, or to one of his own noblemen: something kindred or related to another.—ns. Cous′in-ger′man, a first cousin: something closely related; Cous′inhood, Cous′inship.—adj. Cous′inly, like, or having the relation of, a cousin.—n. Cous′inry, cousins collectively.—First cousins, children of brothers and sisters—also called Cousins-german, Full cousins; First cousin once removed, the son or daughter of a cousin-german—sometimes loosely called Second cousin; Second cousins, the children of first cousins. [Fr.,—L. consobrinus—con, sig. connection, and sobrinus for sororinus, applied to the children of sisters—soror, a sister.]

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1. Cousin

   A relative of The same line and generation With Who a person have one or more same Grandparents or Great-Grandparents/Ancestors in The Common, other than The parents, thus, The First Cousins have The Same Grandparents in The Common, The Second Cousins have The Same Great-Grandparents in The Common, The Third Cousins have The Same Great-Great-Grandparents in The Common, The Remoted Cousins have The Same Remoted Ancestors in The Common etc.

   Cousins more Remoted than The Brothers Are.

   Submitted by fcatana14@gmail.com on September 11, 2020  

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1. cousin

   The cousin symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the cousin symbol and its characteristic.

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'cousin' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4039

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'cousin' in Nouns Frequency: #1595

Anagrams for cousin »

1. scioun

How to pronounce cousin?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cousin in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cousin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of cousin in a Sentence

1. Jacqueline Maloney:

   I would beg both Houses of Congress, I would beg the American people to please look around and understand that federal workers, we have a face — we have families, we might be a neighbor, your best friend, your best friend's mom, your aunt, your cousin. We are everywhere.

2. Yascha Mounk:

   Over the past days...( replacement theory) has, for very good reason, been widely condemned, but the uncomfortable truth is that a less conspiratorial cousin of it has long been embraced in mainstream public discourse. In fact, it is one of the few things that both liberals and conservatives, both Democrats and Republicans, can now agree on.

3. Elissa Wall:

   I was now the property of my cousin. And no matter how resistant I was to him, his job was to get me into submission as quickly as possible… Then the sexual abuse came later as he started to force himself on me and force that my role as a wife was to be at his beck and call and to have his children. And when I became resistant to that, then the physical abuse started to take over. And I think the frustration of my cousin, his frustration of being judged for not being a good man because his wife wasn’t submissive and she wasn’t good — that all compounded the problem. i felt like something was going terribly wrong.

4. Jemiah Johnson:

   I went to a CPS school and it was just too many people in the classroom, i couldn't focus because all my friends was there. And I transferred to PLA. It was a smaller environment and my cousin and all of them graduated from PLA and they were telling me how good the school was … They helped me get a job. They helped me to be who I am today.

5. Zainab Bunduka:

   I have a cousin who is here right now and she's even scared to go outside to 34th street.

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