COUSIN

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

One collaterally related more remotely than a brother or sister; especially, the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.

2.
n.

A title formerly given by a king to a nobleman, particularly to those of the council. In English writs, etc., issued by the crown, it signifies any earl. My noble lords and cousins, all, good morrow. Shak.

3.
n.

Allied; akin. [Obs.] Chaucer.