kinsman
a blood relative, especially a male.
a relative by marriage.
a person of the same nationality or ethnic group.
Origin of kinsman
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How to use kinsman in a sentence
He found himself among kinsmen who were zealous Roman Catholics.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayThen spake Olmod the Old and said: We kinsmen have taken counsel together on this matter, and of one consent are we thereon.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) | Snorri SturlusonThese kinsmen are like red horses, like heroes eager for battle, and they have rushed forward to fight.
Sacred Books of the East | VariousSo he asked his kinsmen, and nobles, and friends, and neighbours.
Grimms' Fairy Tales | The Brothers GrimmThey also warmly sympathised with their European kinsmen in the apparently hopeless struggle against the oppression of Napoleon.
Argentina | W. A. Hirst
British Dictionary definitions for kinsman
/ (ˈkɪnzmən) /
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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