cousin

Definition

  • noun: a child of your uncle or aunt
  • noun: a child of one's uncle or aunt
  • used as a title by a sovereign in addressing a nobleman
  • synonyms: akin, allied, aunt

Examples

  • Everyone came to the wedding, including a distant 'cousin' no one had heard from in years.

  • He's her 'first cousin'. = He and she are 'first cousins'.

  • He says politics and show business are 'kissing cousins'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Go on. On with you. On with you now.\NOh, listen, Harry. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,lf that dolt of a cousin of yours,\NDudley, gives you any grief... Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,...you could always threaten him... (..)
    2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
  • (..) Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Up. Get up! Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Now! Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Wake up, cousin!\NWe're going to the zoo! Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,-Here he comes, the birthday boy.\N-Happy birthday, son. (..)
    2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone