Meaning & use
cousin
A child of one's aunt or uncle, or more broadly a relative descended from a common ancestor.
See it in a sentence
My cousin flew in from Chicago to celebrate the holidays with us.
We used to spend every summer at the lake with our cousins.
A note on using this word
First cousin refers to children of siblings, while second cousin and further removed describe more distant shared ancestry.
Words with a similar meaning
kinrelative
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