kinswoman

[ kinz-woom-uhn ]

/ ˈkɪnzˌwʊm ən /

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noun, plural kins·wom·en.

a female relative.

a woman of the same nationality or ethnic group.

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Origin of kinswoman

1350–1400; Middle English; see kin, 's¹, woman, modeled on kinsman

Words nearby kinswoman

kinsfolk, Kinshasa, kinship, kinsman, Kinston, kinswoman, Kintpuash, kintsugi, Kinyarwanda, kiore, kiosk

How to use kinswoman in a sentence

So home, where I found Mrs. Lodum speaking with my wife about her kinswoman which is offered my wife to come as a woman to her.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys
Or, what more likely than that these ignorant and half-witted people should seek to manage an afflicted kinswoman by violence?
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI|Robert Louis Stevenson
Art thou sure she has not been in her time maid of honour to Queen Mary, our kinswoman, of redhot memory?
The Fortunes of Nigel|Sir Walter Scott
Peter Sherringham came humanely to his kinswoman's assistance.
The Tragic Muse|Henry James

But he was a sportsman—particularly did he wish to impress his kinswoman.
The Ghost Breaker|Charles Goddard

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