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Synonyms for kinsmen


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kinz-muh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɪnz mən

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Définition of kinsmen

Origin :
  • c.1200, kenesmen, from late Old English cynnes mannum; see kin + man. Kinswoman is recorded from c.1400.
  • noun relative
Example sentences :
  • Only when they lay dead before him did he remember that they were his own kinsmen.
  • Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody
  • If ever he was to see her it would be to-night, when her kinsmen had promised to return.
  • Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
  • They did not scruple, as other Arabs did, to fight against their kinsmen.
  • Extract from : « History of Religion » by Allan Menzies
  • So he collected all his kinsmen, and set off to fetch his bride.
  • Extract from : « Russian Fairy Tales » by W. R. S. Ralston
  • This being the case it was possible for us to quarrel, like kinsmen.
  • Extract from : « Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens » by G. K. Chesterton
  • But if you will, I will go and seek some of our kinsmen to meet us near by.
  • Extract from : « King Arthur's Knights » by Henry Gilbert
  • He lavished the possessions of the church upon his friends and kinsmen.
  • Extract from : « The New Guide to Peterborough Cathedral » by George S. Phillips
  • Kinsmen of the coming centuries, I bid you hail and godspeed!
  • Extract from : « The Citizen-Soldier » by John Beatty
  • And as to your being kinsmen, why should not kinsmen behave to each other like men of honour?
  • Extract from : « St. Ronan's Well » by Sir Walter Scott
  • I now have nothing to keep me here; my parents are dead and I have no other kinsmen.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Glass » by Sara Ware Bassett
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