Kinsman
['kɪnzmən]
Definition
(n.) A man of the same race or family; one related by blood.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Relative, relation.
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Examples
- And so she went on with a perfectly connected story, which she poured into the ears of her perplexed kinsman. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- We have happily been brought together, thanks to our good kinsman, and it can't divide us now! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Your kinsman alone stands before you. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She was so used to her kinsman, he had become her right hand; what should she do without him? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I am only your friend and distant kinsman. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- More sternly rejoined her kinsman-- Sortez d'ici! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- And I, the nearest kinsman of the Earl of Windsor, was to propose his election. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- If there is damage, it will cost you nothing--if there is usage money, Kirjath Jairam will forgive it for the sake of his kinsman Isaac. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Nor should he describe Priam the kinsman of the gods as praying and beseeching, 'Rolling in the dirt, calling each man loudly by his name. Plato. The Republic.
- The Lady Rowena cares not for me--she loves the little finger of my kinsman Wilfred's glove better than my whole person. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- To your care, kind kinsman, I intrust them, satisfied that they will want no hospitality which these sad walls can yet afford. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- She pushed against her kinsman. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- And may those Extracts (Miss Clack fervently hopes) sound as the blast of a trumpet in the ears of her respected kinsman, Mr. Franklin Blake. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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