cousin
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
Chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; a kinsman or kinswoman.
- 2.
(in plural)(chiefly in the plural) A person of an ethnicity or nationality regarded as closely related to someone of another ethnicity or nationality.
- 3.
Used as a term of address for someone whom one is close to; also, (preceding a first name, sometimes capitalized as Cousin) a title for such a person.
- 4.
Used by a monarch to address another monarch, or a noble; specifically (British) in commissions and writs by the Crown: used in this way to address a viscount or another peer of higher rank.
- 5.
(also, attributive, figuratively)(figurative, also attributive) Something kindred or related to something else; a relative.
- 6.
(obsolete)A female sexual partner who is not a person's wife; specifically, a prostitute.
- 7.
(obsolete)A person who is swindled; a dupe.
Đồng nghĩa: chump, chumpion, cousin, cull, cully, dupe, dotterel, easy mark, fall guy, fish, gudgeon, gull, juggins, live one, mark, mug, muggins, pigeon, rube, sap, saphead, schlemiel, sheep, simp, Simple Simon, soft touch, steamer, stiff, stooge, sucker
- 8.
(obsolete, rare)A person who womanizes; a seducer, a womanizer.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(rare, transitive)To address (someone) as "cousin".
- 2.
(also, rare, reflexive, transitive)To regard (oneself or someone) as a cousin to another person.
- 3.
(US, informal, intransitive, regional)To associate with someone or something on a close basis.
- 4.
(US, informal, intransitive, regional)To visit a cousin or other relation.
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The noun is derived from Middle English cosin, cosine, cosyn, and then: