cous‧in S2 /ˈkʌzən/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: cosin, from Latin consobrinus, from com- ( ⇒ COM-) + sobrinus 'cousin on the mother's side' (from soror 'sister')]

1. the child of your uncle or aunt ⇒ first cousin, kissing cousin, SECOND COUSIN

2. something that has the same origins as something else
cousin of/to
a drug that is a chemical cousin to amphetamines
close/distant cousin
The Alaskan brown bear is a close cousin of the grizzly bear.

3. someone or something that is similar to someone or something else:
His avant-garde music, sometime cousin to jazz, had limited appeal.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

cousin
noun
ADJ. first (= the child of the brother or sister of one of your parents), second (= the child of a cousin of one of your parents) | distant, remote | close (figurative) These pigs are close cousins of the wild hog.
female, male | long-lost Completely out of the blue, she got a letter from her long-lost cousin in New York.
PHRASES cousin once, twice, etc. removed She's my first cousin once removed (= the daughter of my cousin).

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

cousin
ˈkʌzn
See: first cousin , second cousin

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲