kinsmen

plural of kinsman
as in cousins
a person connected with another by blood or marriage to protect the family honor, he sought to revenge the murder of his kinsman

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Noun
  • Young, impassioned volunteer Omar (Mataz Malhees) first answers the call from Rajab, who’s hiding from IDF soldiers in the wreckage of her car, surrounded by the dead bodies of her uncle, aunt and four cousins.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Unlike our billionaire rankings, this list includes family fortunes, including those shared among extended families such as that of Kwek Leng Beng and his cousins.
    Jane Ho, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Close relatives of the federal official who has accused a Federal Reserve governor of improperly claiming primary residence on two properties have declared the same status on two homes in two different states, public records show.
    Marisa Taylor, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • After Othram provided those leads to authorities, a follow-up investigation led to the victim’s potential relatives, said the company.
    David Chiu, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As for Cohen’s next novel, Beautiful Losers, which was set in an apartment in Montreal as a bereaved and lust‑tormented narrator reconstructs his relations with the dead, there was a sharp divide of opinion internally at Viking.
    Paul Slovak September 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Song Seok-ha, 67, who has been protesting every day for five years near the US Embassy in Seoul to call for a stronger US-South Korea alliance, was concerned about long-term damage to relations.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Kinsmen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kinsmen. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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