Cousin

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cousin \Cous"in\ (k[u^]z"'n), n. [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}.]
     1. One collaterally related more remotely than a brother or


        sister; especially, the son or daughter of an uncle or
        aunt.
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     Note: The children of brothers and sisters are usually
           denominated {first cousins}, or {cousins-german}. In
           the second generation, they are called {second
           cousins}. See {Cater-cousin}, and {Quater-cousin}.
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                 Thou art, great lord, my father's sister's son,
                 A cousin-german to great Priam's seed. --Shak.
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     2. 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.
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              My noble lords and cousins, all, good morrow.
                                                    --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cousin \Cous"in\, n.
     Allied; akin. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cousin
       n : the child of your aunt or uncle [syn: {first cousin}, {cousin-german},
            {full cousin}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "cousin":
     aunt, auntie, blood brother, brethren, brother, bub, bubba, bud,
     buddy, country cousin, cousin once removed, cousin twice removed,
     daughter, father, first cousin, foster brother, frater,
     grandnephew, grandniece, granduncle, great-aunt, great-uncle,
     half brother, kid brother, mother, nephew, niece, nuncle, nunks,
     nunky, second cousin, sis, sissy, sister, sister-german, sistern,
     son, stepbrother, stepsister, unc, uncle, uncs, uterine brother
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  COUSIN, domest. rel. Cousins are kindred who are the issue of two brothers 
  or two sisters, or of a brother and a sister. Those who descend from the 
  brother or sister of the father of the person spoken of are called paternal 
  cousins; maternal cousins are those who are descended from the brothers or 
  sisters of the mother. Vide 2 Bro. C. C. 125; 1 Sim. & Stu. 301; 3 Russ. C. 
  C. 140; 9 Sim. R. 386, 457.