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    cousin
    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.