kinsman

[ kinz-muhn ]

/ ˈkɪnz mən /

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noun, plural kins·men.

a blood relative, especially a male.

a relative by marriage.

a person of the same nationality or ethnic group.

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Origin of kinsman

First recorded in 1100–50, kinsman is from late Old English cinnes man. See kin, 's¹, man

Words nearby kinsman

Kinsey, Kinsey, Alfred, kinsfolk, Kinshasa, kinship, kinsman, Kinston, kinswoman, Kintpuash, Kinyarwanda, kiore

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How to use kinsman in a sentence

Of silence before them that salute thee: of looking upon a harlot: and of turning away thy face from thy kinsman.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Gwynne's mind seemed to darken until only one luminous point confronted it, the visible tormented soul of his kinsman.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
She knew all the great artists, and favored her kinsman, the musician Garangeot.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z|Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
Among them was William Cowper, not a kinsman of the defendant, but the most celebrated anatomist that England had then produced.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay

It would bring thee the greatest ill-chance shouldst thou slay thy kinsman, for in such case all men would deem him blameless.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade)|Snorri Sturluson

British Dictionary definitions for kinsman

kinsman

/ (ˈkɪnzmən) /

noun plural -men

a blood relation or a relation by marriage

a member of the same race, tribe, or ethnic stock

Derived forms of kinsman

kinswoman, fem n

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kinsman

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