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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

Sir Chim uttered what may have been a tranquillising phrase, expressive of the great happiness he felt on thus being suddenly restored to the presence of kinswomen in the moment of his deepest bereavement.

From Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. by White, Adam

They selected their daughters or other close kinswomen for successors; this also applies to the Bears.

From Societies of the Kiowas by Lowie, Robert H

It was the hospitable custom of Delisleville to cultivate its 19 kinsfolk—more especially its kinswomen.

From In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim by Burnett, Frances Hodgson