kinfolk

[ kin-fohk ]
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plural noun(used with a plural verb)
  1. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. relatives or kindred.

Origin of kinfolk

1
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English kinnes-folk; see origin at kin, folk
  • Also kin·folks, kins·folk [kinz-fohk] /ˈkɪnzˌfoʊk/ .

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How to use kinfolk in a sentence

  • By 6:30 a.m., New Yorkers in sparkly spandex gathered at the entrance of kinfolk 94 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

  • They had no neighbours and their few stray kinfolk lived at remote distances and were not given to visits or communications.

    Robin | Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • He and his black-a-vised kinfolk had little to do with the villagers, and the village had even less to do with them.

  • Now he had settled his affairs and come in the guise of a pilgrim to spend the Christmas season with his kinfolk in England.

  • Hungary was forced to risk its ethnic kinfolk in Serbia's Vojvodina region.

    After the Rain | Sam Vaknin
  • Anyhow he didn't have any kinfolk in this country, so it don't much matter.

    News Writing | M. Lyle Spencer

British Dictionary definitions for kinfolk

kinfolk

/ (ˈkɪnˌfəʊk) /


pl n
  1. mainly US and Canadian another word for kinsfolk

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