cousins

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English

Etymology

From cousin +‎ -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum, regular plurals of nouns, and the third-person singular indicative present tense forms of verbs).

The plural noun sense 1 (“American or British intelligence services”) was popularized in the works of the English author John le Carré (David John Moore Cornwell; 1930–2020).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

cousins pl (plural only)

  1. (espionage, slang) The American intelligence services (from a British perspective) or the British intelligence services (from an American perspective).
    • 1977, John le Carré [pseudonym; David John Moore Cornwell], chapter I, in The Honourable Schoolboy, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN, page 16:
      [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.
      Referring to the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States.

Alternative forms

Noun

cousins

  1. plural of cousin

Verb

cousins

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cousin

References

  1. ^ cousins, n. and adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2023.

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French

Noun

cousins m

  1. plural of cousin

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