: people who are not one's kin : those who are not members of one's family or related by blood
… households that included nonkin, such as boarders and lodgers—
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However unwillingly, captives added significant numbers of nonkin followers and thus increased the status of their captors.
—Catherine M. Cameron, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2017
Catherine M. Cameron, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2017
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“Nonkin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonkin. Accessed 1 May. 2024.
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