kinswoman
Americannoun
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kinswomen
plural
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a female relative.
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a woman of the same nationality or ethnic group.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of kinswoman
1350–1400; Middle English; see kin, 's 1, woman, modeled on kinsman
Example Sentences
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The older woman kneels in front of Mary, who looks down tenderly and embraces her kinswoman, who is bearing St. John the Baptist.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2017
Later she refused to call her "daughter" in company, instead describing her as a "kinswoman" or "cousin".
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2015
Of this remarkable character Florence L. Dorsey, a kinswoman, has written a remarkable biography.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mrs. Payne felt it a form of treachery when Cousin Francis died, leaving not a cent to his aged kinswoman.
From Time Magazine Archive
‘Nay, cousin! they are not boys,’ said Ioreth to her kinswoman from Imloth Melui, who stood beside her.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Beauteous as herself are her kinswomen, the two sisters of King George II of Greece.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ajima meant something like “Auntie”; it was a term of great affection, reserved only for older kinswomen.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
See here is his letter to the maître d’hôtel, in which he states that we are French ladies, kinswomen of his own.”
From Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798 by Talbot Baines Reed
Our kinswomen have spoken most warmly of you, and we consider ourselves most happy in having met you, though you come in the guise of an enemy.”
From Hurricane Hurry by William Henry Giles Kingston
Moreover, Moses had married a woman of Midian, and might have been supposed to have some regard for her kinswomen.
From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Richard B. Westbrook
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