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Definition of 'kin'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) kin, kyn, ken, kun, from (etyl) .
Noun
( -)
Race; family; breed; kind.
(collectively) Persons of the same race or family; kindred.
* Francis Bacon
- You are of kin , and so a friend to their persons.
One or more relatives, such as siblings or cousins, taken collectively.
Relationship; same-bloodedness or affinity; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.
Kind; sort; manner; way.
Derived terms
* akin
* kind
* kindred
* kinfolk
* kinship
* kinsman
* kinswoman
* kith and kin
* next of kin
See also
* kith
* clan
External links
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Adjective
( -)
Related by blood or marriage, akin. Generally used in "kin to".
- It turns out my back-fence neighbor is kin to one of my co-workers.
Etymology 2
Noun
( en-noun)
A primitive Chinese musical instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings.
- (Riemann)
* 1840 , Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Williams, The Chinese Repository (page 40)
- If a musician were going to give a lecture upon the mathematical part of his art, he would find a very elegant substitute for the monochord in the Chinese kin .
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