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kins⋅man

  [kinz-muhn]
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–noun, plural -men.
1. a blood relative, esp. a male.
2. a relative by marriage.
3. a person of the same nationality or ethnic group.
Origin:
1100–50; late OE cinnes man. See kin, 's 1 , man 1
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kins·man   (kĭnz'mən)   
n.  

  1. A male relative.

  2. A man sharing the same racial, cultural, or national background as another.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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