kin /kɪn/ BrE AmE noun [plural]
[ Language: Old English ; Origin: cyn ]
1 . informal ( also kinsfolk , kinfolk American English old-fashioned ) your family
2 . next of kin formal your most closely related family:
We’ll have to notify the next of kin of his death.
⇨ kindred
⇨ ↑ kith and kin