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cousins.

The American intelligence services (from a British perspective) or the British intelligence services (from an American perspective).

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkʌzn̩s/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkʌz(ə)ns/General-American/ˈkʌzɪns/General-American[ˈkʰɐz.ɹ̩ns]
  1. The American intelligence services (from a British perspective) or the British intelligence services (from an American perspective).

    plural · plural-only · slang
Where this word comes from

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 noun 1 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).

noun/ˈkʌzn̩s/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkʌz(ə)ns/General-American/ˈkʌzɪns/General-American[ˈkʰɐz.ɹ̩ns]
  1. plural of cousin

    form-of · plural
Where this word comes from

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 noun 1 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).

verb/ˈkʌzn̩s/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkʌz(ə)ns/General-American/ˈkʌzɪns/General-American[ˈkʰɐz.ɹ̩ns]
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cousin

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
Where this word comes from

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 noun 1 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).

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