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cousin
noun
[ ˈkʌz(ə)n ]
• a child of one's uncle or aunt.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French cosin, from Latin consobrinus ‘mother's sister's child’, from con- ‘with’ + sobrinus ‘second cousin’ (from soror ‘sister’).
