cousin
/ˈkʌz(ə)n/ noun A1- Chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; a kinsman or kinswoman.
- Preceded by an ordinal number, as first, second, third, etc.: a person descended from a common ancestor by the same number of generations as another person.
- When used without a qualifying word: the child of a person's parent's brother (that is, an uncle) or sister (an aunt); a cousin-german, a first cousin. · Although we were cousins, we grew up like sisters.
- A person of an ethnicity or nationality regarded as closely related to someone of another ethnicity or nationality.
- Used as a term of address for someone whom one is close to; also, (preceding a first name, sometimes capitalized as Cousin) a title for such a person.
- Used by a monarch to address another monarch, or a noble; specifically (UK) in commissions and writs by the Crown: used in this way to address a viscount or another peer of higher rank.
- Something kindred or related to something else; a relative.
Plural cousins
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We have a cousin of his here, and I daresay he could tell you where he is.”
“No, no,” cried Holmes, “not a word to the cousin—not a word, I beg of you.
Have you not heard me say, that from his earliest hours he was destined for his cousin?”
Darcy is neither by honour nor inclination confined to his cousin, why is not he to make another choice?
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