Kinsman
noun
A man who is one of your family members, especially one who is related to you by blood, like a brother or uncle.
He was the only kinsman left in her family.
Often appears as...
- close/distant kinsman
- royal kinsman
Usage tips
Formal, Neutral
noun
A person from the same country, race, or social class.
They viewed all men as their kinsmen and treated them as equals.
Often appears as...
- fellow kinsman
- brotherly kinsman
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
Literary
noun
A person or thing having a similar origin or character as another.
The paper wasp is a close kinsman to the more familiar stinging wasps.
Usage tips
Formal
Academic, Technical
noun
A man who is one of your family members, especially one who is related to you by blood, like a brother or uncle.
He was the only kinsman left in her family.
Often appears as...
- close/distant kinsman
- royal kinsman
Usage tips
Formal, Neutral
noun
A person from the same country, race, or social class.
They viewed all men as their kinsmen and treated them as equals.
Often appears as...
- fellow kinsman
- brotherly kinsman
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
Literary
noun
A person or thing having a similar origin or character as another.
The paper wasp is a close kinsman to the more familiar stinging wasps.
Usage tips
Formal
Academic, Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Blood Relations
Refers specifically to relatives by birth rather than through marriage.
After the reunion, I realized he was a distant kinsman related through my great-grandfather.
Pro Tip 2/3Male Specific
The term 'kinsman' usually signifies a male family member. For females, 'kinswoman' is used.
My grandfather's brother is my closest living kinsman.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Context
'Kinsman' can sound formal or archaic; 'relative' is more common in everyday language.
At the will reading, each kinsman awaited news of their inheritance.
Pro Tip 1/3Blood Relations
Refers specifically to relatives by birth rather than through marriage.
After the reunion, I realized he was a distant kinsman related through my great-grandfather.
Pro Tip 2/3Male Specific
The term 'kinsman' usually signifies a male family member. For females, 'kinswoman' is used.
My grandfather's brother is my closest living kinsman.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Context
'Kinsman' can sound formal or archaic; 'relative' is more common in everyday language.
At the will reading, each kinsman awaited news of their inheritance.
Pro Tip 1/3Blood Relations
Refers specifically to relatives by birth rather than through marriage.
After the reunion, I realized he was a distant kinsman related through my great-grandfather.
Pro Tip 2/3Male Specific
The term 'kinsman' usually signifies a male family member. For females, 'kinswoman' is used.
My grandfather's brother is my closest living kinsman.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Context
'Kinsman' can sound formal or archaic; 'relative' is more common in everyday language.
At the will reading, each kinsman awaited news of their inheritance.
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Quote examples
Richard III of England
British Royalty
It neither is reason nor in any wise to be suffered that the young king, our master and kinsman, should be in the hands of custody of his mother's kindred, sequestered in great measure from our company and attendance, the which is neither honorable to his majesty nor unto us.
Quote examples
Martin Chemnitz
German Theologian
In the first place, our faith ought to lay hold on Christ as God and man in that nature by which He has been made our neighbor, kinsman, and brother.
Quote examples
Richard III of England
British Royalty
It neither is reason nor in any wise to be suffered that the young king, our master and kinsman, should be in the hands of custody of his mother's kindred, sequestered in great measure from our company and attendance, the which is neither honorable to his majesty nor unto us.
Quote examples
Martin Chemnitz
German Theologian
In the first place, our faith ought to lay hold on Christ as God and man in that nature by which He has been made our neighbor, kinsman, and brother.
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