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

  • (..) You're a Parselmouth? Why didn't you tell us? -l'm a what? -You can talk to snakes. l know. l accidentally set a python on my cousin Dudley at the zoo once. Once. But so what? l bet loads of people here can do it. No, they can't. lt's not a very common gift, Harry. This is bad. (..)
    2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets