Cousin

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

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Cousin (plural Cousins)

1. A surname from Middle English.

From cousin, in reference to an incident when a fan of the character Nick Knight, Sharon Scott, admitted that she had a fear of frogs and after two other members of the mailing list who were fans of Lucien LaCroix sent her chocolate frogs in the mail, replied that the two were so cruel that they must be cousins.

Cousin (plural Cousins)

2. (fandom slang) A fan of the character Lucien LaCroix from the Canadian television series Forever Knight.

   Hypernyms: Forever Knightie, Knightie

   • 1995 February 16, Michelle D. Noel, “a question...”, in alt.tv.forever-knight‎^[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 27 January 2026:

     > Am I the only one in the world who's actually *rooting* for Nick
     > to bite somebody, lose all his humanity points, and start back at square
     > one? […]
     No, you're not the only one. Sounds to me like you're a Cousin.

   • 1998 November 16, ekarr@arctos.bowdoin.edu, “Lucroxua(sp).....Why is he so sexy?”, in alt.tv.forever-knight‎^[2] (Usenet), archived from the original on 27 January 2026:

     of course, even a Cousin comme moi has to admit that GWD [Geraint Wyn Davies] can do the wicked hot vampire thing too, when given the opportunity...

   • 1998 November 19, MadiHolmes, “Blind Faith”, in alt.tv.forever-knight‎^[3] (Usenet), archived from the original on 27 January 2026:

     Oh man, now I'm just ranting, but hey, this is my computer, my internet (my phone line ;) and on top of all that, I am a COUSIN so I will rant a LITTLE about how one of my favorite vampires (next to Uncle, of course ;) meets my favorite British author :))))

• Kuseng (nonstandard)

Ca. 1600, from Middle French cousin, from Latin consobrinus.

• IPA^(key): /kuˈzɛ̃/, /kuˈzɛ̃ː/, /kuˈzɛŋ/, /kʊ-/

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Cousin m (strong, genitive Cousins, plural Cousins, feminine Cousine)

1. male cousin

   Synonym: (dated) Vetter

   • 1909 [1901], Thomas Mann, Buddenbrooks […] ‎^[4], Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, →OCLC, page 598:

     Ihre Cousins, die beiden Söhne des Staatsanwaltes Doktor Moritz Hagenström andererseits, von zarterer Konstitution und sanfteren Sitten, zeichneten sich auf geistigem Gebiete aus und waren Musterschüler, ehrgeizig, devot, still und bienenfleißig, bebend aufmerksam und beinahe verzehrt von der Begier, stets Primus zu sein und das Zeugnis Numero Eins zu erhalten.

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• Großcousin

• “Cousin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Cousin” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Cousin” in Duden online
• Cousin on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de