Cousins meaning : The child of a person's uncle or aunt; a first cousin. Any relation who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of one's extended family; one more distantly related than an uncle, aunt, granduncle, grandaunt, nephew, niece, grandnephew, grandniece, etc. A title formerly given by a king to a nobleman, particularly to those of the council. In English writs, etc., issued by the crown, it signifies any earl. Something kindred or related to something else. (chiefly in the plural) A member of the British intelligence services (from an American perspective) or of the American intelligence services (from a British perspective).