"cous" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkʌz/ Forms: couses [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌz Etymology: Clipping of cousin. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|cousin}} Clipping of cousin Head templates: {{en-noun}} cous (plural couses)
  1. (informal, US, UK) cousin (usually as a term of address, but not necessarily towards one's cousin) Tags: UK, US, informal Synonyms: cuz
    Sense id: en-cous-en-noun-syjbJ-BO Categories (other): American English, British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 67 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} cous (uncountable)
  1. Alternative form of kouse Tags: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Alternative form of: kouse
    Sense id: en-cous-en-noun-p-6jvYVL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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