cater-cousin
English
noun
Definitions
- Distant relative, especially a very distant relative, of doubtful relation.
- A close or good friend. An intimate. A bosom friend. An intimate friend who is not a blood relation. A person treated as a cousin (relative) who is not a blood relation
Etymology
Compound from English cater + English cousin.
Origin
English
cousin
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cate English
- cater English
- cater-corner English
- caterer English
- cateress English
- caterest English
- catereth English
- catery English
- cousin English
- cousin-in-law English
- cousinal English
- cousiness English
- cousinfucker English
- cousinfucking English
- cousinhood English
- cousinless English
- cousinly English
- cousinry English
- cousinship English
- cross-cousin English
- grandcousin English
- half-cousin English
- noncousin English
- orthocousin English
- quatre English
- step-cousin English
- stepcousin English
- quatrain French
- quatre French
- quatrième French
- ケイト Japanese
- catour Middle English
- cosyn Middle English
- quatre Old French
- kat Haitian, Haitian Creole
- kat Mauritian Creole
- kat Louisiana Creole French
- gádürü Garifuna