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Kin Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Kin? [n] group of people related by blood or marriage [n] a person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin"; "he's family" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Kin: clan \| family \| kin group \| kindred \| kinship group \| kinsperson \| tribe Related Terms \| Find terms related to Kin: agnate \| ancestry \| blood \| blood relation \| blood relative \| bracket \| branch \| brand \| breed \| cast \| caste \| category \| character \| clan \| clansman \| class \| cognate \| collateral \| collateral relative \| color \| connections \| consanguine \| consanguinean \| consanguineous \| cousinhood \| denomination \| description \| designation \| distaff side \| distant relation \| division \| enate \| estate \| family \| feather \| flesh \| flesh and blood \| folk \| folks \| form \| genre \| genus \| german \| grade \| grain \| group \| grouping \| head \| heading \| ilk \| kidney \| kind \| kindred \| kinfolk \| kinnery \| kinsfolk \| kinsman \| kinsmen \| kinswoman \| kith and kin \| label \| level \| line \| lineage \| lot \| make \| manner \| mark \| mold \| nature \| near relation \| next of kin \| number \| order \| people \| persuasion \| phylum \| pigeonhole \| position \| posterity \| predicament \| race \| rank \| rating \| related \| relation \| relations \| relatives \| rubric \| section \| sept \| set \| shape \| sib \| sibling \| sort \| spear kin \| spear side \| species \| spindle kin \| spindle side \| stamp \| station \| status \| stock \| strain \| stratum \| stripe \| style \| subdivision \| subgroup \| suborder \| sword side \| the like of \| the likes of \| title \| tribe \| tribesman \| type \| uterine kin \| variety See Also \| clan member \| clansman \| clanswoman \| family \| family tree \| family unit \| folks \| genealogy \| relation \| relation \| relative \| relative \| social group \| totem \| Tribes of Israel \| tribesman \| Twelve Tribes of Israel Kin In Webster's Dictionary \kin\ [Of Low German origin; cf. G. -chen, LG. -- ken.] A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin. \Kin\, n. (Mus.) A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings. --Riemann. \Kin\, n. [OE. kin, cun, AS. cynn kin, kind, race, people; akin to cennan to beget, D. kunne sex, OS. & OHG. kunni kin, race, Icel. kyn, Goth. kuni, G. & D. kind a child, L. genus kind, race, L. gignere to beget, Gr. ? to be born, Skr. jan to beget. ?. Cf. {Kind}, {King}, {Gender} kind, {Nation}.] 1. Relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; connection by birth or marriage; kindred; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent. 2. Relatives; persons of the same family or race. The father, mother, and the kinbeside. --Dryden. You are of kin, and so a friend to their persons. --Bacon. \Kin\, a. Of the same nature or kind; kinder. ``Kin to the king.'' --Shak. \Kin\, n. Also Kine \Kine\ [Gr. ? to move.] (Physics) The unit velocity in the C.G.S. system -- a velocity of one centimeter per second.

Kin Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Kin?

[n] group of people related by blood or marriage
[n] a person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin"; "he's family"

Kin In Webster's Dictionary

\kin\ [Of Low German origin; cf. G. -chen, LG. -- ken.]
A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.


\Kin\, n. (Mus.)
A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from
five to twenty-five silken strings. --Riemann.


\Kin\, n. [OE. kin, cun, AS. cynn kin, kind, race, people;
akin to cennan to beget, D. kunne sex, OS. & OHG. kunni kin,
race, Icel. kyn, Goth. kuni, G. & D. kind a child, L. genus
kind, race, L. gignere to beget, Gr. ? to be born, Skr. jan
to beget. ?. Cf. {Kind}, {King}, {Gender} kind, {Nation}.]
1. Relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; connection by
   birth or marriage; kindred; near connection or alliance,
   as of those having common descent.

2. Relatives; persons of the same family or race.

         The father, mother, and the kinbeside. --Dryden.

         You are of kin, and so a friend to their persons.
                                               --Bacon.


\Kin\, a.
Of the same nature or kind; kinder. ``Kin to the king.''
--Shak.


\Kin\, n. Also Kine \Kine\ [Gr. ? to move.] (Physics)
The unit velocity in the C.G.S. system -- a velocity of one
centimeter per second.

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