cousins

noun

1. (plural, plural-only, slang)The American intelligence services (from a British perspective) or the British intelligence services (from an American perspective).

   “[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.”

2. (form-of, plural)plural of cousin
3. (form-of, plural)plural of Cousin
4. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of cousins (“the American intelligence services (from a British perspective) or the British intelligence services (from an American perspective)”).

verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of cousin

name

1. A surname from Middle English.
2. (form-of, plural)plural of Cousin