Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
cozen . - An obsolete form of
cousin .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb See
cozen .
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- verb Alternative form of
cozen ..
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Examples
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Humility Cooper is said by Bradford to have been a "cosen" of the
The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete Azel Ames 1876
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You know, strong and abiding faith is at the center of my family, but let no one doubt that lorem ipsum dolor sitt aett, cosen ceur adipscing elitt, a no nummy ni euisimod ttincin ditt laorett dollore a ali eratt volupatt.
"'We must make equality for gays and lesbians a mainstream concern,' Mr. Romney wrote..." Ann Althouse 2006
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Maiestie, and possessed by the English: His other cosen Sir Iohn of
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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My sister Fr Ashb and cosen Mary Hill did fayle of coming.
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Ashbornham, and Kate Ashb, -- my brother John Ashb, my cosen Walldron and her sister, and S'r John Skeffington, were with me att Aldersgate streete, December 23, 1626.
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I hope Sir William was well, and cosen Jacky, when you heard last.
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. Mrs. Thomson
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I must troble you once more abought my cosen Tenoson.
Selected English Letters Various 1913
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Constance, the "She-cosen" (as Pepys puts it) is deeply in love with
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century George Saintsbury 1889
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_ -- My wife, after dinner, went the first time abroad in her coach, calling on Roger Pepys, and visiting Mrs. Creed, and my cosen Turner.
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I Various 1885
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Correspondence "we find allusions to his cousin Shakespeare:" My cosen
Shakespeare's Family 1885
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