cousin

1. (n) (specifically) 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. 2. (n) 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. 3. (n) (specifically) 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. 4. (n) 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. 5. (n) (chiefly in the plural) A person of an ethnicity or nationality regarded as closely related to someone of another ethnicity or nationality. 6. (n) (figurative, also attributive) Something kindred or related to something else; a relative. 7. (v) To associate with someone or something on a close basis. 8. (v) To visit a cousin or other relation. 9. (n) Used by a monarch to address another monarch, or a noble; specifically (British) in commissions and writs by the Crown: used in this way to address a viscount or another peer of higher rank. 10. (v) (transitive, rare) To address (someone) as "cousin". 11. (v) (transitive, rare) (also reflexive) To regard (oneself or someone) as a cousin to another person. 12. (n) (obsolete) (cant) A female sexual partner who is not a person's wife; specifically, a prostitute. 13. (n) (obsolete) (cant) A person who is swindled; a dupe. 14. (n) (obsolete) (rare) A person who womanizes; a seducer, a womanizer. 15. (v) (intransitive, chiefly US, informal or regional) 16. (n) A surname from Middle English