Usually means: Pamper or treat with excessive indulgence.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word cosset:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. cosset: Merriam-Webster
  2. cosset: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cosset: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cosset: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cosset: Vocabulary.com
  6. cosset: Wordnik
  7. cosset: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. cosset: Wiktionary
  9. cosset: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. cosset: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. cosset: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Cosset, cosset: Dictionary.com
  13. cosset: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Cosset (disambiguation), Cosset: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Cosset: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. cosset: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. cosset: Rhymezone
  18. Cosset: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. cosset: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. COSSET: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  21. cosset: FreeDictionary.org
  22. cosset: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  23. cosset: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. cosset: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. Cosset: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  26. cosset: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cosset: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. cosset: A Word A Day
  2. cosset: Wordcraft Dictionary

(Note: See cosseted as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To treat like a pet; to overly indulge.
verb:  (transitive) To fondle; to touch or stroke lovingly.
verb:  (transitive, figurative) To benefit; to make life easy for.
noun:  A pet, usually a pet lamb.
noun:  Someone indulged or cosseted.
noun:  Alternative form of cossid (“courier or messenger”) [(Anglo-Indian) A courier or messenger.]

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