Advertisement

Advertisement

first cousin

noun

  1. anything or anyone closely related to or resembling another:

    The film producer tried not to make the movie a first cousin to his last hit.



Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of first cousin1

First recorded in 1965–70
Discover More

Idioms and Phrases

A close relation or resemblance to someone or something, as in This new machine is a first cousin to the previous model . The figurative use of cousin , which literally means “the child of one's aunt or uncle,” dates from the 1300s.
Discover More

Example Sentences

A very ingenious method of determining the approximate number of first-cousin marriages was devised by Mr. George H. Darwin.

My Lord-the-comforter-of-the-spirit-of-my-first-cousin-once-removed-on-my-mother's-side, is indeed right!

You have a brother-in-law and a first-cousin in Parliament, and your father was an admiral.

I'm interested in the case, of course, as his wife is my first-cousin.

The present Toogood was therefore first-cousin to Mrs. Crawley.

Advertisement

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


first consonant shiftfirst dark