KIN


Meaning of KIN in English

— kinless , adj.

/kin/ , n.

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.

6. of kin , of the same family; related; akin: Although their surnames are identical they are not of kin.

adj.

7. of the same family; related; akin.

8. of the same kind or nature; having affinity.

[ bef. 900; ME; OE cyn; c. OS, OHG kunni, ON kyn, Goth kuni; akin to L genus, Gk génos, Skt jánas. See GENDER ]

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