Synonyms for kinsman


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

Top 10 synonyms for kinsman Other synonyms for the word kinsman

Définition of kinsman

Origin :
  • c.1200, kenesmen, from late Old English cynnes mannum; see kin + man. Kinswoman is recorded from c.1400.
  • noun relative
Example sentences :
  • By some remarkable intuition my kinsman Teunis was prompted to advance at this.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • You are, or rather your kinsman Peter, is still in the wood.
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • "Pete Gansevoort dragged you off on his back," my kinsman concluded.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • Do you speak to me thus of my kinsman, the Cardinal-Duke de Lerma?
  • Extract from : « Calderon The Courtier » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • We have a fighting strain in us ever since my kinsman followed Ireton's army as a sutler.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Are you a kinsman of Joseph Clarke, the old Roundhead of that town?'
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Aboukar, for such was the Moor's name, then ushered in his kinsman.
  • Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso
  • By his sovran he sat, come safe from battle, kinsman by kinsman.
  • Extract from : « Beowulf » by Anonymous
  • Heedless of harm, though his hand was burned, hardy-hearted, he helped his kinsman.
  • Extract from : « Beowulf » by Anonymous
  • As an eagle descendeth on its prey, so rusheth my kinsman to the onset.
  • Extract from : « Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI » by Various
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