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kinsfolk

[ kinz-fohk ]

/ ˈkɪnzˌfoʊk /

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plural noun

kinfolk.

Words nearby kinsfolk

kinross, kinross-shire, kinsella, kinsey, kinsey, alfred, kinsfolk, kinshasa, kinship, kinsman, kinston, kinswoman

Example sentences from the Web for kinsfolk

No one ventured to oppose this design, her brother accompanying her, and she was welcomed joyfully by all her husband's kinsfolk.

The Memoires of Casanova, Complete |Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
The lady had no children for her solace, and she never went forth from the castle to greet her kinsfolk and her friends.

French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France |Marie de France
So, when the kinsfolk met, no stranger would have discovered that one was a prisoner and the others his captors.

The Chaplet of Pearls |Charlotte M. Yonge
The Cardinal's family pretended to know nothing of this affair; but they could never bear M. Colbert nor any of his kinsfolk.

The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Complete |Madame La Marquise De Montespan

Other kinsfolk may be likened to the rushes; husbands and wives are but as useless stones.

The Gist of Japan |R. B. Peery

British Dictionary definitions for kinsfolk

kinsfolk

/ (ˈkɪnzˌfəʊk) /

pl n

one's family or relatives