Dictionary

kinsman en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [ˈkʰɪnz.mən]
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Etymology

From Middle English kynnesman, equivalent to kin + -s- + -man.

Meanings

1. A male relative.
   • And I, the nearest kinsman of the Earl of Windsor, was to propose his election. 1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter VI, in The Last Man. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 194:

Forms

Coordinates

kinswoman

Deriveds

kinsmanly · kinsmanship

Translations (37)

fo ættarmaður (male relative) · bn বেরাদর (male relative) · de Verwandter (male relative) · ru ро́дственник (male relative) · sv frände (male relative) · grc συγγενής (male relative) · oc parent (male relative) · got 𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌾𐌹𐍃 (male relative) · fr parent (male relative) · da ætling (male relative) · nn forfader (male relative) · bg роднина (male relative) · sw ndugu (male relative) · ka სახლიკაცი (male relative) · sa बान्धव (male relative) · de Angehöriger (male relative) · it parente (male relative) · sq njëgjakës (male relative) · de Landsmann (male relative) · ka ნათესავი (male relative) · grc πηός (male relative) · sa ज्ञाति (male relative) · el συγγενής (male relative) · non frændi (male relative) · fi miespuolinen sukulainen (male relative) · hy ազգական (male relative) · got 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌾𐌹𐍃 (male relative) · nn ætting (male relative) · pl krewny (male relative) · hu férfirokon (male relative) · uk ро́дич (male relative) · da slægtning (male relative) · pt parente (male relative) · nn ættfar (male relative) · la gentilis (male relative) · da frænde (male relative) · non niðr (male relative)