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| cous·in [ kúzz'n ] (plural cous·ins) |
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1. uncle's or aunt's child: a child of somebody's uncle or aunt
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2. distant relative: somebody to whom somebody else is related through the brother or sister of a grandparent, great-grandparent, or an even older ancestor
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3. somebody with much in common: somebody with whom another feels connected because of similar ancestry, ethnic background, or interests
  our Canadian cousins
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4. related thing: something that is similar to or connected with something else
The new idea is a cousin of chaos theory.
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5. term of address between sovereigns: used by European sovereigns as a term of address for another sovereign or a member of a royal family
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| [13th century. Via French< Latin consobrinus "mother's sister's child" < sobrinus "maternal cousin"] |
