Search results
Noun. This malleable, rather than genetically fixed, path of identity formation also drives people to adopt arbitrary markers that enable them to spot their cultural kin in an ocean of strangers—hence the importance various communities attach to flags, dress, or facial hair.
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. your relatives. relative All my relatives gather every year for a family reunion. extended family He has a very large extended family. relation She is a distant relation of his, though I don't quite remember how. kin He remained true to his kin.
Kin: Created by Ciaran Donnelly, Peter McKenna. With Charlie Cox, Clare Dunne, Aidan Gillen, Emmett J Scanlan. Kin tells the story of a fictional Dublin family embroiled in gangland war and speaks to the enduring unbreakable bonds of blood and family.
a group of persons descended from a common ancestor or constituting a people, clan, tribe, or family. a relative or kinsman. someone or something of the same or similar kind: philosophy and its kin, theology.
noun. a person having kinship with another or others. “he's kin ”. synonyms: family, kinsperson. see more. noun. group of people related by blood or marriage. synonyms: clan, kin group, kindred, kinship group, tribe. see more.
kin in British English. (kɪn ) noun. 1. a person's relatives collectively; kindred. 2. a class or group with similar characteristics. 3. See next of kin.
kin. noun family, people, relations, relatives, connections, kindred, kinsmen, kith, kinsfolk She has gone to live with her husband's kin. Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002.
From Middle English kin, kyn, ken, kun, from Old English cynn (“kind, sort, rank, quality, family, generation, offspring, pedigree, kin, race, people, gender, sex, propriety, etiquette”), from Proto-Germanic *kunją (“race, generation, descent”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce”).
Definition of kin noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
kin in American English. (kɪn) noun. 1. a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk. 2. family relationship or kinship. 3. a group of persons descended from a common ancestor or constituting a family, clan, tribe, or race.
