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Definitions for: 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"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: clan, family, kin group, kindred, kinship group, kinsperson, tribe
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
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