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Meaning of Cousins | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈkʌzn̩s

Definitions

  1. The American intelligence services (from a British perspective) or the British intelligence services (from an American perspective).
    plural, plural-only, slang
  2. A surname from Middle English
  3. A surname from Middle English.
  4. Alternative letter-case form of cousins (“the American intelligence services (from a British perspective) or the British intelligence services (from an American perspective)”).
    alt-of
  5. plural of Cousin
  6. Alternative letter-case form of cousins (“the American intelligence services (from a British perspective) or the British intelligence services (from an American perspective)”)

Equivalents

العربية أبناء العم
Español primos
Suomi serkukset
Français Cousins

Examples

“[T]he grounded fieldmen, the trainers and the case officers who made their own murmured caucus always – they saw the question solely in operational terms. […] They saw the shotgun marriage with the Cousins as just another skilful bit of tradecraft in a long and delicate poker game.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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