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Definitions of cousin

1. the child of your aunt or uncle Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

2. Allied; akin. Webster Dictionary DB

3. One collaterally related more remotely than a brother or sister; especially, the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt. Newage Dictionary DB

4. 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. Newage Dictionary DB

5. The son or daughter of an uncle or aunt; a distant relative. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

6. Cousinly. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

7. Formerly, a kinsman generally: now, the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

8. The child of an uncle or aunt; collateral relation. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.

9. The child of an uncle or aunt, or a descendant of one so related. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

10. The son or daughter of an uncle or aunt; a title given by a king to a nobleman. Cousins-german, the children of brothers or sisters. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

11. The son or daughter of an uncle or aunt; any relation more distant than a brother or sister; title of address used by a king to his nobles. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

12. 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.] gutenberg.org/ebooks/37683

13. (Also first c., c. german) child of one\'s uncle or aunt; my second c., my parent\'s first c.\'s child; my first (second &c.) c. once (twice &c.) removed, my first (second &c.) c.\'s child (grandchild &c.), also, my parent\'s (grand parent\'s &c.) first (second &c.) c.; call cc., claim kinship (with); title used by sovereign in addressing another sovereign or a nobleman of same country. Hence cousinhood, cousinship, nn., cousinly a. [French] Concise Oxford Dictionary

14. n. [French] One collaterally related; a kinsman; the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt. Cabinet Dictionary

15. Any one collaterally related more remotely than a brother or a sister; a title given by the king to a nobleman, particularly to those of the council. Complete Dictionary