kinsman
A male relativeA male relative.
» And he let his kinsman depart: and he returned and went into his own country.
Meaning
1 sensesA male relative.
Verwandter, Angehöriger, Landsmann
ро́дственникródstvennik
ро́дичródyč
a male relative
Examples
5 sentencesAnd he let his kinsman depart: and he returned and went into his own country.
"His kinsman, by a needy father sent, / with him in boyhood to the war I came."
And he went out to meet his kinsman, and worshipped and kissed him: and they saluted one another with words of peace.
"Fie, cousin!" said Elizabeth; "such thoughts ill beseem the nearest kinsman of the future queen of England."
"Himself, a foe, oft lauded Troy's renown, / and claimed the Teucrian sires as kinsmen of his own."
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English kynnesman, equivalent to kin + -s- + -man.From Middle English kynnesman, equivalent to kin + -s- + -man.
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Forms
plural: kinsmenWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular