Thesaurus: kin

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1. A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.
2. n. A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings.
3. n. Relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; connection by birth or marriage; kindred; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.
4. n. Relatives; persons of the same family or race.
5. a. Of the same nature or kind; kinder.
6. adj. related by blood
7. n. a person having kinship with another or others
8. n. group of people related by blood or marriage
9. A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin. A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings. Riemann. 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. Of the same nature or kind; kinder. "Kin to the king." Shak.
10. n:100 n. a person having kinship with another or others n. group of people related by blood or marriage