Definition of kin Kin
/kΙͺΛn/ - [kin] - kin
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What does kin mean?
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NounPlural: kins |
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| kin - group of people related by blood or marriage | ||
| kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe | ||
| social group people sharing some social relation | ||
| mishpachah, mishpocha (Yiddish) the entire family network of relatives by blood or marriage (and sometimes close friends); "she invited the whole mishpocha" | ||
| family unit, family primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family" | ||
| folks your parents; "he wrote to his folks every day" | ||
| family tree, genealogy the study or investigation of ancestry and family history | ||
| totem emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant; serves as the symbol of a family or clan (especially among American Indians) | ||
| tribes of israel, twelve tribes of israel twelve kin groups of ancient Israel each traditionally descended from one of the twelve sons of Jacob | ||
| relative, relation an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) | ||
| clan member, clansman, clanswoman a member of a clan | ||
| kin - a person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin"; "he's family" | ||
| kinsperson, family | ||
| relative, relation an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) | ||
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Wiktionary 
- kin (Noun)
Race; family; breed; kind. - kin (Noun)
Persons of the same race or family; kindred. - kin (Noun)
One or more relatives, such as siblings or cousins, taken collectively. - kin (Noun)
Relationship; same-bloodedness or affinity; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent. - kin (Noun)
Kind; sort; manner; way. - kin (Adjective)
Related by blood or marriage, akin. Generally used in "kin to".
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary π
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A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin. - kin (n.)
A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings. - kin (n.)
Relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; connection by birth or marriage; kindred; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent. - kin (n.)
Relatives; persons of the same family or race. - kin (a.)
Of the same nature or kind; kinder.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ξ©
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Related by blood or marriage.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary π
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kin, n. persons of the same family: relatives: relationship: affinity.βadj. related.βadj. Kinβ²less, without relations.βNext of kin, the relatives (lineal or collateral) of a deceased person, among whom his personal property is distributed if he dies intestate; Of kin, of the same kin. [A.S. cynn; Ice. kyn, Goth. kuni, family, race; cog. with L. genus, Gr. genos.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book β΅
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See KINN.
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary π
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Still stand by kin Through thick and thin.
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