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Word: Cousin
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French cosin, from Latin consobrinus ‘mother's sister's child’, from con- ‘with’ + sobrinus ‘second cousin’ (from soror ‘sister’)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkʌzn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a child of one's uncle or aunt.
Short Definition:child of one's uncle or aunt
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