Kinfolk

noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Relatives, relations. US, countable, uncountable

    "‘You have kinfolks here though. Women. That used to live in this house.’"

  2. 2
    people descended from a common ancestor wordnet

Synonyms

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familyfamilyrelationsrelativesagnateancestry

Example

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"‘You have kinfolks here though. Women. That used to live in this house.’"

Etymology

From kin + folk.

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