<p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>a native or inhabitant of one's own country; fellow countryman or countrywoman.</li><li>one's stepfather's son or stepmother's son by a previous marriage.</li><li>a person or thing related to another by similar natures, languages, geographical proximity, etc.: Our Canadian cousins are a friendly people.</li><li>a gullible, innocent person who is easily duped or taken advantage of.</li><li>a term of address used by a sovereign in speaking, writing, or referring to another sovereign or a high-ranking noble.</li></ul><p><strong>adjective</strong></p><ul><li>of the same country.</li></ul>