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View synonyms for kinsman
kinsman
[ kinz-muhn ]
noun
, plural kins·men.
- a blood relative, especially a male.
- a relative by marriage.
- a person of the same nationality or ethnic group.
kinsman
/ ˈkɪnzmən /
noun
- a blood relation or a relation by marriage
- a member of the same race, tribe, or ethnic stock
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Derived Forms
- ˈkinsˌwoman, noun:feminine
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Example Sentences
Of silence before them that salute thee: of looking upon a harlot: and of turning away thy face from thy kinsman.
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Gwynne's mind seemed to darken until only one luminous point confronted it, the visible tormented soul of his kinsman.
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She knew all the great artists, and favored her kinsman, the musician Garangeot.
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Among them was William Cowper, not a kinsman of the defendant, but the most celebrated anatomist that England had then produced.
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It would bring thee the greatest ill-chance shouldst thou slay thy kinsman, for in such case all men would deem him blameless.
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