Definition of kinfolk Kinfolk

kin•folk

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What does kinfolk mean?

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Noun

kinfolk - people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
  family, family line, folk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry
  blood line, ancestry, line of descent, bloodline, parentage, pedigree, stemma, blood, lineage, descent, origin, stock, line inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
  people members of a family line; "his people have been farmers for generations"; "are your people still alive?"
  homefolk the people of your home locality (especially your own family); "he wrote his homefolk every day"
  house play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults; "the children were playing house"
  dynasty a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
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  • kinfolk
    People in the same family, connected by blood, marriage, or adoption.

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