cousinage

English

Etymology

From Middle English cosynage, from Old French cosinage. Compare cosinage, cozenage.

Noun

cousinage (countable and uncountable, plural cousinages)

  1. (obsolete) relationship; kinship
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for cousinage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Middle English

Noun

cousinage

  1. Alternative form of cosynage
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