cousins

cousins · noun, noun, verb¹

From cousin + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum, regular plurals of nouns, and the third-person singular indicative present tense forms of verbs). The plural noun noun 1 sense 1 (“American or British intelligence services”) was popularized in the works of the English author John le Carré (David John Moore Cornwell; 1930–2020).

Cousins · proper noun²

1. French · derived fromcousin, cousine
2. Old French · derived fromcusin, cosin, cousin“cousin”
3. English todayCousins

A Middle English surname from Norman terminology. From Anglo-Norman, from Old French cusin, cosin, cousin (“cousin”) (French cousin, cousine). Literally, “familial relative”.

Cousins · proper noun, noun³

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Cousins · noun⁴

See cousins.

Words from the same roots