CATER-COUSIN
\kˈe͡ɪtəkˈʌzən], \kˈeɪtəkˈʌzən], \k_ˈeɪ_t_ə_k_ˈʌ_z_ə_n]\
Definitions of CATER-COUSIN
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
- 1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Noah Webster.
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k[=a]'t[.e]r-kuz'n, n. a term implying familiarity, affection, sympathy, rather than kindred. [More prob. conn. with CATER than quatre or quarter.]
By Thomas Davidson
By Sir Augustus Henry
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