Noun
They are her distant kin.
invited all of his kith and kin to his graduation party
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Noun
The imperial family was cut down to only then-Emperor Hirohito and his immediate kin.—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2025 And last year, their beloved botanical haircare assortment spawned some equally outstanding skincare kin.—Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 12 May 2025
Adjective
And non-kin pairs were more likely to engage in this genital-to-genital contact than kin.—New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2025 The Secret Service was not playing to get in that motherf–kin’ stadium.—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for kin
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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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