kith
acquaintances, friends, neighbors, or the like; persons living in the same general locality and forming a more or less cohesive group.
a group of people living in the same area and forming a culture with a common language, customs, economy, etc., usually endogamous.
Origin of kith
1Words that may be confused with kith
- kin, kith
Words Nearby kith
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How to use kith in a sentence
Poor working women had been doing this for some time, relying on “kith and kin” for child care in particular.
Caring for the elderly has never been more expensive, exhausting, or invisible | Anne Helen Petersen | August 26, 2021 | VoxThen spake the Earl to that man whose name 118 some say was Fin, but as others have it was of Finnish kith and kin.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) | Snorri SturlusonIt is not as relations; Bernard Harper's descendants are neither kith nor kin of mine, and this must be understood.'
Robin Redbreast | Mary Louisa MolesworthUnstring thy strong bows for the sake of our liberal lords, O bounteous Rudra, be gracious to our kith and kin.
Sacred Books of the East | VariousA thousand medicines are thine, O thou who art freely accessible; do not hurt us through our kith and kin!
Sacred Books of the East | Various
I remember hearing of a match at Ottery, where he was one of an eleven of Coleridge kith and kin against the rest of Devon.
Life of John Coleridge Patteson | Charlotte M. Yonge
British Dictionary definitions for kith
/ (kɪθ) /
one's friends and acquaintances (esp in the phrase kith and kin)
Origin of kith
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