kinsmen








noun, plural kins·men.

  1. a blood relative, especially a male.
  2. a relative by marriage.
  3. a person of the same nationality or ethnic group.

noun plural -men

  1. a blood relation or a relation by marriage
  2. a member of the same race, tribe, or ethnic stock
n.

c.1200, kenesmen, from late Old English cynnes mannum; see kin + man. Kinswoman is recorded from c.1400.

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