Definitions for Cousin

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Cousin cous·in

Spelling: [kuhz-uh n]

IPA: /ˈkʌz ən/

Cousin is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 93 anagrams from letters in Cousin (cinosu).

Definitions for Cousin

noun

1. Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt. See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
2. one related by descent in a diverging line from a known common ancestor, as from one's grandparent or from one's father's or mother's sister or brother.
3. a kinsman or kinswoman; relative.
4. a person or thing related to another by similar natures, languages, geographical proximity, etc.:
5. Slang. a gullible, innocent person who is easily duped or taken advantage of.
6. a term of address used by a sovereign in speaking, writing, or referring to another sovereign or a high-ranking noble.
7. Victor [veek-tawr] /vikˈtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1792–1867, French philosopher and educational reformer: founder of the method of eclecticism in French philosophy.

Origin of Cousin

1250-1300; Middle English cosin Anglo-French co(u)sin, Old French cosin Latin consōbrīnus cousin (properly, son of one's mother's sister), equivalent to con- con- + sō

Examples for Cousin

Mating with a cousin or brother is safer than risking life and limb to mate with an outsider.

The second point in this category is own cousin to the above.

His brother and cousin had been killed a week earlier, he told her.

A few worries, to be sure, but not that cousin of depression and anxiety, dread.

He wrote to his cousin Helen asking if he might bring a friend with him.

A cousin took me to the National Frontier Trail Museum, where I jotted down dutiful notes.

The second-to-last time we met Zalwar Khan, he brought a man he introduced as his cousin.

Is there anything you want me to do in this sad affair, cousin Hester?

This post was filled in Oldport, in those days, by my cousin Kate.

"A cousin from Australia," she concluded: they had cousins there.