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Dictionary Results for cousin:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
cousin
    n 1: the child of your aunt or uncle [syn: cousin, first
         cousin, cousin-german, full cousin]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
      [1913 Webster]

   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.
         [1913 Webster]

               Thou art, great lord, my father's sister's son,
               A cousin-german to great Priam's seed. --Shak.
         [1913 Webster]

   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.
      [1913 Webster]

            My noble lords and cousins, all, good morrow.
                                                  --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cousin \Cous"in\, n.
   Allied; akin. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
   [1913 Webster]

4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
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. 



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