Noun
They are her distant kin.
invited all of his kith and kin to his graduation party
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Noun
In the monolithic rule of the Kim family in Pyongyang, North Korea’s capital, top officials outside Kim Jong-un’s immediate kin are ultimately considered expendable.—Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 8 May 2024 Jonathan Esparza, who was enjoying food and drinks with his kin before going into the stadium, went to that 2-1 victory over LAFC last spring.—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 4 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for kin
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Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Old English cynn; akin to Old High German chunni race, Latin genus birth, race, kind, Greek genos, Latin gignere to beget, Greek gignesthai to be born
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