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kin
1[ kin ]
noun
- a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
- family relationship or kinship.
- a group of persons descended from a common ancestor or constituting a people, clan, tribe, or family.
- a relative or kinsman.
- someone or something of the same or similar kind:
philosophy and its kin, theology.
-kin
2- a diminutive suffix of nouns:
lambkin.
-kin
1suffix forming nouns
- small
lambkin
kin
2/ ɪ /
noun
- a person's relatives collectively; kindred
- a class or group with similar characteristics
- See next of kin
adjective
- postpositive related by blood
- a less common word for akin
Other Word Forms
- 쾱l adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of kin1
Origin of kin2
Word History and Origins
Origin of kin1
Origin of kin2
Idioms and Phrases
Although their surnames are identical they are not of kin.
More idioms and phrases containing kin
see kith and kin .Example Sentences
The woman's next of kin has been informed and is being supported, the force said.
The 25-year-old's next of kin have been informed and are being supported by specialist officers, Sussex Police said.
The identities of the four soldiers, who were assigned to the 1st Armoured Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, have been withheld until their next of kin are informed.
Tesla’s ability to outrage and inspire may seem novel to some but the vehicle may be a spiritual kin with another scorned vehicle, General Motors’ Hummer.
The victim’s identity has not been released pending notification of next of kin, officials said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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