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kinfolk

[ kin-fohk ]
/ ˈkɪnˌfoʊk /
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plural noun Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.

relatives or kindred.

RELATED WORDS

tribe, family, people, house, sibling, relation, folk, member, extraction, affinity, stock, clan, relationship, kindred, blood, cousin, lineage, consanguinity, connection, race

Nearby words

kinetogenic, kinetograph, kinetoplast, kinetoscope, kinetosis, kinfolk, king, king bee, king charles spaniel, king clam, king closer
Also kin·folks, kinsfolk.

Origin of kinfolk

1425–75; late Middle English kinnes-folk; see kin, folk
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British Dictionary definitions for kinfolk

kinfolk

/ (ˈkɪnˌfəʊk) /

pl n

mainly US and Canadian another word for kinsfolk
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Word Origin and History for kinfolk

kinfolk

n.

also kin-folk, 1802, principally American English, but the earliest references are British, from kin (n.) + folk (n.). Kinsfolk is recorded from 1844.

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