cousin

Definitions

• The child of a person's uncle or aunt; a first cousin.
• Any relation who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of one's extended family; one more distantly related than an uncle, aunt, granduncle, grandaunt, nephew, niece, grandnephew, grandniece, etc.
• (obsolete)
• (figurative) Something kindred or related to something else.
• (espionage) A member of the British intelligence services (from an American perspective) or of the American intelligence services (from a British perspective).