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Definition of Cousin

Cousin

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

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.

Allied; akin.

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Cousin Quotations

But audio is a component of video, so there's always been that anyway, and although we've never expressed a visual side apart from the Grateful Dead movie, I don't find it that remote, you know what I mean? It's a departure of sorts, but it's like a first cousin.
Jerry Garcia

My cousin Malcolm Lee is also a filmmaker.
Spike Lee

No adult in my family would ever tell me anything about who my father was. I knew from an older cousin - only four years older than I am - everything, or what little I could discover about him.
John Irving

My cousin cleaned out a shotgun for me and let me carry it around the house, because he said, 'Anybody who knows anything about guns is going to know in a second if someone has held a gun before.' I didn't want to be that person. I wanted to be practiced.
Jennifer Lawrence

My wife and I are affiliated with a temple here in Los Angeles. We feel very close to the congregation and to the rabbi, who happens to be my wife's cousin and who I admire greatly. I talk to him regularly but I consider myself more spiritual than religious.
Leonard Nimoy

Well I was eight years old, and I have an older cousin who is three years older than me and she was doing acting, commercials, and modeling at the time and... to see my cousin doing that was really inspiring and I wanted to do it. So I went to my mom and I asked her if I could do it, and for the acting part of it, she made me study for a year.
Hailee Steinfeld

My little cousin tells me I look like Magneto so I guess that's who I should probably play.
Robert Pattinson

I had heard before that there were rumors I was gay. It's funny. My cousin gets his hair cut at this place, and one of the guys there told him that Scott Wolf was gay. He didn't realize that he was my cousin.
Scott Wolf

When I was in kindergarten, I had one line in a little play. I said, I am Patrick Potato and this is my cousin, Mrs. Tomato, and I heard laughter. I wanted to be an actress from that moment on.
Doris Roberts

So finally, I can feel a sort of pride in all my family - Mum, Lynn, Corin, Tasha, my cousin Gemma - because, I think how wonderful that this troop of gypsies can carry on telling stories.
Joely Richardson

Improvisation is almost like the retarded cousin in the comedy world. We've been trying forever to get improvisation on TV. It's just like stand-up. It's best when it's just left alone. It doesn't translate always on TV. It's best live.
Amy Poehler

Carl, Dennis and Brian are brothers, and Mike Love's a cousin.
Bruce Johnston

I started with ballet and then my cousin Sarah introduced me to her tap teachers.
Adam Garcia

My cousin Francis and I are in perfect accord - he wants Milan, and so do I.
Charles V

Dread lord and cousin, may the almighty preserve your reverence and lordship in long life and good fortune.
Owen Glendower

Most redoubted lord and right sovereign cousin, may the Almighty Lord have you in his keeping.
Owen Glendower

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Cousin Translations

cousin in Afrikaans is neef
cousin in Dutch is nicht
cousin in French is cousine
cousin in German is Vetter
cousin in Italian is cugina, cugino
cousin in Norwegian is fetter
cousin in Portuguese is primo, prima
cousin in Spanish is prima, primo
cousin in Swedish is kusin

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