kinsman

[ kinz-muh n ]

/ 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.

Words nearby kinsman

kinsey, kinsey, alfred, kinsfolk, kinshasa, kinship, kinsman, kinston, kinswoman, kintpuash, kinyarwanda, kioga

Origin of kinsman

First recorded in 1100–50, kinsman is from the late Old English word cinnes man. See kin, 's¹, man¹

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Examples from the Web for kinsmen

Rivers their uncle was beheaded; so were their half-brother Grey and many more of their mother's kinsmen and friends.
The Children of Westminster Abbey|Rose G. Kingsley
The hands that are red with my kinsmen's blood, cannot be grasped in amity by me.
The Last of the Vikings|John Bowling
They also warmly sympathised with their European kinsmen in the apparently hopeless struggle against the oppression of Napoleon.
Argentina|W. A. Hirst
The insurgents were Richard's kinsmen and Pg 214 favourites.
A History of England|Charles Oman

It is, therefore, meet that his kinsmen be helped and advanced in every way possible.
Lucretia Borgia|Ferdinand Gregorovius

British Dictionary definitions for kinsmen

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

noun, plural kins·men.

Words related to kinsman

Words nearby kinsman

Origin of kinsman

Examples from the Web for kinsmen

British Dictionary definitions for kinsmen

noun plural -men

Derived forms of kinsman