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   cousin

   /ˈkʌzn/

   noun

   • 1. a child of one's uncle or aunt.
   • ▪ a person in one's wider extended family, to whom one is not closely related: "she's a distant cousin"
   • ▪ a thing related or analogous to another: "the new motorbikes are not proving as popular as their four-wheel cousins"
   • ▪ a person of a kindred race or nation: "our American cousins"
   • ▪ a title formerly used by a sovereign in addressing another sovereign or a noble of their own country.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French cosin, from Latin consobrinus ‘mother's sister's child’, from con- ‘with’ + sobrinus ‘second cousin’ (from soror ‘sister’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. cousinhood noun
   • 2. cousinly adjective
   • 3. cousinship noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   • U

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   • S

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   • I

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