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kinsman
[ kinz-muhn ]
noun
- a blood relative, especially a male.
- a relative by marriage.
- a person of the same nationality or ethnic group.
kinsman
/ ˈɪԳə /
noun
- a blood relation or a relation by marriage
- a member of the same race, tribe, or ethnic stock
Derived Forms
- ˈ쾱Բˌɴdz, noun:feminine
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
But you here, whom nature made the wisest of all people, should drop your anger and make everyone who fights alongside us at sea a kinsman, a citizen.
He instructs his Blackwood ally to take his enemy's children hostage and put their unarmed kinsmen to the sword to force their allegiance.
On the southern side of the town, residents from the Luo community largely back their ethnic kinsman and veteran opposition presidential hopeful Raila Odinga.
They then decided to make distinctive marks on their cheeks, "akin to the ones their animals had, which would help them in identifying their kinsmen during battles", Mr Makkuwana says.
The many characters in “The Books of Jacob” allow for describing Jacob Frank through the words of others, both his enemies and kinsmen.
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