Definition of "cater-cousin" []

• Distant relative, especially a very distant relative, of doubtful relation. (noun)
• A close or good friend. An intimate. A bosom friend. An intimate friend who is not a blood relation. A person treated as a cousin (relative) who is not a blood relation (noun)

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• "I have _fubb'd_ this young _quat_ -- _Quat_, or cat, appears to be a contraction of cater-cousin -- and this reading will be greatly strengthened when it is remembered that Roderigo was really the intimate of Iago. -- p. 204."
• "St. James's, no cater-cousin of the Groom-Porter he."