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kinsman

[ kinz-muhn ]

noun

, plural kins·men.
  1. a blood relative, especially a male.
  2. a relative by marriage.
  3. a person of the same nationality or ethnic group.


kinsman

/ ˈkɪnzmən /

noun

  1. a blood relation or a relation by marriage
  2. a member of the same race, tribe, or ethnic stock


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Derived Forms

  • ˈkinsˌwoman, noun:feminine

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Word History and Origins

Origin of kinsman1

First recorded in 1100–50, kinsman is from late Old English cinnes man. See kin, 's 1, man

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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.

Gwynne's mind seemed to darken until only one luminous point confronted it, the visible tormented soul of his kinsman.

She knew all the great artists, and favored her kinsman, the musician Garangeot.

Among them was William Cowper, not a kinsman of the defendant, but the most celebrated anatomist that England had then produced.

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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