kin
/kɪn/ noun C1- Race; family; breed; kind. · the starfish and its kin the sea urchin
- Persons of the same race or family; kindred. · c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers You are of kin, and so must be 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.
Plural kins
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I had neither kith nor kin in England, and was therefore as free as air—or as free as an income of eleven shillings and sixpence a day will permit a man to be.
"He had no kith nor kin—or, if he had, I never heard of it.
It is understood that the next of kin is Mr.
Mortimer for opening a grave without the consent of the next of kin because he dug up the Neolithic skull in the barrow on Long Down.
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