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kinfolkenUK
kin·folk K0066500 (kĭn′fōk′) also kins·folk (kĭnz′-) or kin·folks (kĭn′fōks′)pl.n. Relatives; kindred.kinfolk (ˈkɪnˌfəʊk) or kinfolkspl nchiefly US and Canadian another word for kinsfolkkin•folk (ˈkɪnˌfoʊk) n.pl. relatives or kindred. kinsfolk. [1425–75] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | kinfolk - people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"family line, kinsfolk, phratry, sept, folk, familypeople - members of a family line; "his people have been farmers for generations"; "are your people still alive?"homefolk - the people of your home locality (especially your own family); "he wrote his homefolk every day"house - aristocratic family line; "the House of York"dynasty - a sequence of powerful leaders in the same familygens, name - family based on male descent; "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name"blood line, bloodline, ancestry, lineage, pedigree, stemma, line of descent, parentage, blood, origin, descent, stock, line - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" |
kinfolk also kinsfolk or kinfolks nounOne's relatives collectively:family, kin, kindred.kinfolkenUK
Synonyms for kinfolknoun one's relatives collectivelySynonymsSynonyms for kinfolknoun people descended from a common ancestorSynonyms- family line
- kinsfolk
- phratry
- sept
- folk
- family
Related Words- people
- homefolk
- house
- dynasty
- gens
- name
- blood line
- bloodline
- ancestry
- lineage
- pedigree
- stemma
- line of descent
- parentage
- blood
- origin
- descent
- stock
- line
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