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Cousins

proper nounproper nounnounnouncommon in dialogue

A surname from Middle English.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A surname from Middle English.

Etymology

A Middle English surname from Norman terminology. From Anglo-Norman, from Old French cusin, cosin, cousin (“cousin”) (French cousin, cousine). Literally, “familial relative”.

proper noun

  1. 1

    Also a form of Cousinplural of Cousin

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

noun

  1. 1

    Also a form of Cousinplural of Cousin

noun

  1. 1

    Variant of cousinsAlternative letter-case form of cousins (“the American intelligence services (from a British perspective) or the British intelligence services (from an American perspective)”).

Etymology

See cousins.

Forms

plural
Cousinses
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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