See Also: Cornwallis, Lord Charles(dictionary)
Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl(encyclopedia)
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Cornwallis, Lord Charles (oh) and cousin(1) (iou)


Cornwallis, Lord Charles (oh)



(1738-1805) a British military leader who was in charge of the British army during the American Revolutionary War. He later became Governor-General of India.

cousin(1) (iou)



cousin noun & adjective. ME.
[Old French cosin, cusin (mod. cousin) from Latin consobrinus mother's sister's child, formed as CON- + sobrinus second cousin, from soror sister.]
A. noun.
The child of one's uncle or aunt. Also first cousin. ME.
Any collateral relative. Formerly esp. a nephew or niece; now always, a relative at least as distant as a first cousin. ME.
Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing How now, brother! Where is my cousin, your son? W. Faulkner Some remote maiden cousins of his mother.
Law. One's next of kin; a person one was next of kin to. LME-M17.
(Also Cousin.)
a. A title used by a monarch in formally addressing another monarch or a nobleman of the same realm. LME.
b. As voc. Friend. Freq. with following pers. name. Now chiefly dial. LME.
fig. A person or thing having affinity of Nature to another. LME.
B. Jowett The Sophist is the cousin of the parasite and flatterer.
A prostitute (cf. AUNT 3). Also, a dolt. Also Cousin Betty. slang. L16-M19.
A person of a kindred race or nation. M19.
J. C. Jeaffreson Our American cousins.
Phrases & comb.: call cousin(s): see CALL verb. Cousin Betty: see sense 6 above. cousin-in-law, pl. cousins-in-law, a cousin's wife or husband; a cousin of one's wife or husband. Cousin Jack slang a Cornishman. cousin once removed, cousin twice removed, etc. (a) the child, grandchild, etc., of a cousin; (b) the cousin of a parent, grandparent, etc. first cousin: see sense 1 above. kissing cousin: see KISSING ppl adjective. parallel cousin: see PARALLEL adjective. Scotch cousin: see SCOTCH adjective. second cousin, third cousin, etc., a child of a parent's first, second, etc., cousin.
b. adjective. Kindred, related. LME.
Chaucer The wordes moote be cosyn to the dede.
cousinage noun = cousinhood ME.
cousi'ness noun (now rare) a female cousin LME.
cousinhood noun (a) the relation of being a cousin or cousins, kinship; (b) (a body of) cousins or kinsfolk: LME.
cousinliness noun cousinly behaviour or character E20.
cousinly adjective characteristic of or befitting a cousin; behaving like a cousin: E19.
cousinry noun a body of cousins or kinsfolk M19.
cousinship noun (a) kinship, cousinhood; fig. relationship; (b) action proper to a cousin: L16.