cos determiner 1noun 2forms 2 determiner1 •(nonstandard) Belonging to co. Gender-neutral possessive determiner, grammatically equivalent to the gendered his and her and the singular their.Psychiatrists are trained to try to impose the responsibility for a patient’s problem on the patient coself, rather than on cos environment. — 1973 noun2 •(informal) Cosmetology. •(UK) Synonym of romaine lettuce, a long-leaved variety of lettuce. formscoses · cosses
cos. adverb1 •Consul in the year —. (Used, similarly to fl., in dating Roman texts composed by authors whose year of consulship is known, but little else for dating purposes.)