单词 | kinsman |
释义 | kinsman (once / 734 pages) n Your kinsman is your family member — someone who's related to you. Even if you don't know your second cousin very well, he's still your kinsman. The noun kinsman can refer to any blood relation or ancestor, especially those who are male. You can also use kinswoman to talk about female relatives. The word is a formal one that you might come across in an anthropology textbook or a family history: "The first kinsman to leave England came on the Mayflower." Kinsman comes in part from kin, with its Old English root cynn, or "family." WORD FAMILYkinsman: kinsmen USAGE EXAMPLESProsecutors a year later said there wasn’t enough evidence to win a conviction and there were gaps in Kinsman’s story. The Guardian(Dec 15, 2016) Prosecutors said there wasn’t enough evidence to win a conviction and there were gaps in Kinsman’s story. Seattle Times(Dec 14, 2016) How to create a big easy breakfast and brunch cocktails for a crowd and hosting etiquette with Kat Kinsman and Margaret Eby. Time(Nov 22, 2016) n a male relative Hypo|Hyper male sibling a sibling who is male nephewa son of your brother or sister unclethe brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt blood brother, brothera male with the same parents as someone else grandnephew, great-nephewa son of your niece or nephew granduncle, great-unclean uncle of your father or mother relation, relative a person related by blood or marriage |
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