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–noun
1.a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
2.family relationship or kinship.
3.a group of persons descended from a common ancestor or constituting a family, clan, tribe, or race.
4.a relative or kinsman.
5.someone or something of the same or similar kind: philosophy and its kin, theology.
–adjective
6.of the same family; related; akin.
7.of the same kind or nature; having affinity.
—Idiom
8.of kin, of the same family; related; akin: Although their surnames are identical they are not of kin.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE cyn; c. OS, OHG kunni, ON kyn, Goth kuni; akin to L genus, Gk génos, Skt jánas. See gender]

—Related forms
kinless, adjective
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Thesaurus Entries
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  kin
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  One's relatives collectively.
Synonyms:  family, kindred, kinfolk
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  kin
Part of Speech:  noun
Synonyms:  blood, clan, connection, family, flesh, folk, kindred, kinsfolk, race, related, relation, relationship, relative, sibling, tribe, aunt, flesh and blood, kinsmen, relations, relatives, sib
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  relative
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  A person connected to another person by blood or marriage.
Synonyms:  kinsman, kinswoman, relation
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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