kinlessadj.
/ˈkɪnlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈkɪnlᵻs/ Having no relatives; without kin or kindred.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > [adjective] > without kin
kindredless1667
kinless1720
kithlessc1750
relationless1822
1720 T. Boston Human Nature v. 249 The base Things of the World,..the Kinless Things (as the Word [ἀγενῆ] imports).
1840 Thorpe Anc. Laws I. 79 A man, kinless of paternal relatives.
1882 Fraser's Mag. 26 500 Cromwell's kinless judges were the first pure judges in Scotland.
1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Kinless loons, a name given by the Scotch to the Judges sent by Cromwell, because they distributed justice solely according to the merits of the cases, being uninfluenced by family or party ties.
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adj.1720- plough master
- plough maul
- plough medal
- plough monday
- plough money
- plough neat
- plough or sow fleet
- plough out
- plough overthwart
- plough ox
- plough paddle
- plough pan
- plough path
- plough pattle
- plough pence
- plough plane
- plough point
- plough pose
- plough press
- plough rein
- plough rope
- plough servant
- plough shackle
- plough shoe
- plough spindle