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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Recent Examples of kinsmen
But the chief’s kinsmen failed to honor his request.
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kinsmen
Noun
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Her mother had the means to send her to a private school, but cousins and family members did not.—
Theo Peck-Suzuki,
Hartford Courant,
18 Feb. 2026
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Lightweight and razor-sharp, gyuto knives are typically longer than their santoku-style cousins.—
Wilder Davies,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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But the northern hairy-nosed wombat is a distinct and critically endangered species that stands apart from its more common relatives.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
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Videos that have leaked out of Iran and were verified by NBC News show rows and rows of body bags inside and outside the facility as families try to identify their relatives.—
Babak Dehghanpisheh,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In a sign of how bitter relations have sunk, in January star Bangladeshi cricketer Mustafizur Rahman had his Indian Premier League contract abruptly canceled, prompting Dhaka to ban broadcasts of the league in retaliation.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
13 Feb. 2026
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That effort ultimately was unsuccessful and helped create Lightfoot’s sour relations with the City Council toward the end of her single term.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Kinsmen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kinsmen. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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