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kinsman

[ kinz-muh n ]

/ ˈkɪnz mən /

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noun, plural kins·men.

a blood relative, especially a male.

a relative by marriage.

a person of the same nationality or ethnic group.

Origin of kinsman

First recorded in 1100–50, kinsman is from the late Old English word cinnes man. See kin, 's¹, man¹

Words nearby kinsman

kinsey, kinsey, alfred, kinsfolk, kinshasa, kinship, kinsman, kinston, kinswoman, kintpuash, kinyarwanda, kioga

Example sentences from the Web for kinsmen

Rivers their uncle was beheaded; so were their half-brother Grey and many more of their mother's kinsmen and friends.

The Children of Westminster Abbey |Rose G. Kingsley
The hands that are red with my kinsmen's blood, cannot be grasped in amity by me.

The Last of the Vikings |John Bowling
They also warmly sympathised with their European kinsmen in the apparently hopeless struggle against the oppression of Napoleon.

Argentina |W. A. Hirst
The insurgents were Richard's kinsmen and Pg 214 favourites.

A History of England |Charles Oman

It is, therefore, meet that his kinsmen be helped and advanced in every way possible.

Lucretia Borgia |Ferdinand Gregorovius

British Dictionary definitions for kinsmen

kinsman

/ (ˈkɪnzmən) /

noun plural -men

a blood relation or a relation by marriage

a member of the same race, tribe, or ethnic stock

Derived forms of kinsman

kinswoman, fem n