kinswoman
noun
a female relative.
kinswomen
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pluralof kinswoman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
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
And perchance my presence in the house of my kinswomen might imperil them.
From The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot by Evelyn Everett-Green
The nobles and burghers of the district naturally wished to keep their kinswomen near them and the endowments were usually forthcoming.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power
