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2
: one associated with or related to another : counterpart
Rural children deserve as good an education as their city cousins get.—
Benjamin Fine
Benjamin Fine3
—used as a title by a sovereign in addressing a nobleman
4
: a member of a group regarded as ethnically or culturally related
our English cousins
Examples of cousin in a Sentence
Everyone came to the wedding, including a distant cousin no one had heard from in years.
The cricket is a cousin of the grasshopper.
hurricanes and their cousins, typhoons
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Los Angeles police officers responded to a call by a cousin of Jamora around 2:50 a.m., with Hayes being arrested for resisting a police officer.
—Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 3 Nov. 2024
Lately, Gunn has been focusing on his pro wrestling company, Fourth Rope, but still believes his brother (Conway) and his cousin (Benny) have to come back together to remind people what Griselda is really about.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2024
The cousins are only three weeks apart in age, but their differences could not be more pronounced.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
Colen’s cousin Charles Reynolds and Lawrence Glover, another cousin who lives in Abilene, said Colen had been grieving the sudden loss of his mother, who died in August.
—Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
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Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 3 Nov. 2024
Lately, Gunn has been focusing on his pro wrestling company, Fourth Rope, but still believes his brother (Conway) and his cousin (Benny) have to come back together to remind people what Griselda is really about.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2024
The cousins are only three weeks apart in age, but their differences could not be more pronounced.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
Colen’s cousin Charles Reynolds and Lawrence Glover, another cousin who lives in Abilene, said Colen had been grieving the sudden loss of his mother, who died in August.
—Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Cousin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cousin. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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cousin
noun
cous·in
ˈkəz-ᵊn 
1
a
: a child of one's uncle or aunt
b
: a relative descended from a common ancestor
2
: a member of a group regarded as ethnically or culturally related
our English cousins
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