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
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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
A kinswoman plunged the child's arm into a bucket of cold water, but only up to the elbow.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of this remarkable character Florence L. Dorsey, a kinswoman, has written a remarkable biography.
From Time Magazine Archive
“When Elizabeth was with child, she visited her kinswoman Mary, who carried Christ in her womb. And she was not turned away from the Lord,” I say in a low and modest voice.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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
His two kinswomen understood pretty early that the reverend gentleman was engaged to be married, and was only waiting for a college living to enable him to fulfill his engagement.
From A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy by William Makepeace Thackeray
Why, child, we only call the King’s kinswomen the Lord and Lady.
From In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers by M. (Madelaine) Irwin
In the care of the prophet's kinswomen the little maid had thriven and grown fair in the stranger's land.
From Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
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