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.: Our Canadian cousins are a friendly people.
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.
Origin: 1250–1300; ME cosin < AF co(u)sin, OF cosin < L consōbrīnus cousin (properly, son of one's mother's sister), equiv. to con-con-+ sōbrīnus second cousin (presumably orig. “pertaining to the sister”) < *swesrīnos, equiv. to *swesr-, gradational var. of *swesōr (> sororsister) + *-īnos-ine1; for -sr- > -br-cf. December
Vic⋅tor /vikˈtɔr/Show Spelled Pronunciation[veek-tawr]Show IPA, 1792–1867, French philosopher and educational reformer: founder of the method of eclecticism in French philosophy.
A child of one's aunt or uncle. Also called first cousin.
A relative descended from a common ancestor, such as a grandparent, by two or more steps in a diverging line.
A relative by blood or marriage; a kinsman or kinswoman.
A member of a kindred group or country: our Canadian cousins.
Something similar in quality or character: "There's no mistaking soca for its distant Jamaican cousin, reggae"(Michael Saunders).
Used as a form of address by a sovereign in addressing another sovereign or a high-ranking member of the nobility.
[Middle English cosin, a relative, from Old French, from Latin cōnsōbrīnus, cousin : com-, com- + sōbrīnus, cousin on the mother's side; see swesor- in Indo-European roots.] cous'in·hood' n., cous'in·ly adj., cous'in·ship' n.
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