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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English kynnesman, equivalent to kin + -s- + -man.
Noun[edit]
kinsman (plural kinsmen)
- A male relative.
- 1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter VI, in The Last Man. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 194:
- And I, the nearest kinsman of the Earl of Windsor, was to propose his election.
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Translations[edit]
male relative
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- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms interfixed with -s-
- English terms suffixed with -man
- English lemmas
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- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English terms with quotations
- en:Male
- en:Male family members
- en:Male people
- English male equivalent nouns