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What is the noun for cousin?

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cousin
  1. The son or daughter of a person’s uncle or aunt; a first cousin.
  2. Any relation who is not a direct ancestor or descendant; one more distantly related than an uncle, aunt, granduncle, grandaunt, nephew, niece, grandnephew, grandniece, etc.
  3. (obsolete) 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.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “About two months later, I told Najmier I wanted to visit my cousin in Manchester.”
      “As I took up my position as a wallflower and watched Lindsey dance with my cousin for the third time, I mused on the pair.”
      “Today is Whit Monday and a bank holiday and, as I said I would, I am taking my little cousin to see Finding Nemo.”
cousinhood
  1. Relationship as of cousins.
  2. The state or quality of being a cousin.
  3. (uncountable) Cousins, or persons related by blood, collectively.
  4. Examples:
    1. “In reality two particular kinds of privileged kinship emerge from the definition of the cousinhood in Fulani Society.”
      “Some conditions that may lead to cousinhood include Tourette syndrome, hydrocephalus, Williams syndrome, and some learning disabilities.”
      “In order to do show a degree of cousinhood, you need a profile with higher resolution.”
cousinry
  1. A body or collection of cousins; the whole number of persons who stand in the relation of cousin to a given person or persons.
  2. Examples:
    1. “As in the case of its cousinry a-land, the bladderwort at its leisure dines upon its prey.”
      “Goffe, too, was of the Cromwellian cousinry, having married a daughter of Whalley.”
cousinship
  1. The state of being cousins, or the relationship that exists among cousins.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Then there is also the visible issue of having inside access to another MP by virtue of traditional cousinship.”
      “He talked of cousinship and brotherhood, and yet gave you to know that he meant you to be his wife.”
      “How long did you reside with him and his sisters after the cousinship was discovered?”
cousinhoods
  1. plural of cousinhood
cousinships
  1. plural of cousinship
cousinries
  1. plural of cousinry
cousins
  1. plural of cousin
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “I used to play that with my cousins during the holidays and always took them to the cleaners.”
      “It is a fact that we are cousins of gorillas, kangaroos, starfish, and bacteria.”
      “Predictably, Babur's uncles and cousins attacked his territories soon after he had acceded to the throne.”
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