Cousin

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster

Cousin - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

COUSIN, n.

1. In a general sense, one collaterally related more remotely than a brother or sister. But,

2. Appropriately, the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt; the children of brothers and sisters being usually denominated cousins or cousin-germans. In the second generation, they are called second cousins.

3. A title given by a king to a nobleman, particularly to those of the council.

COUSIN, a. Allied.

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Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

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