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kin-keeper

kin-keeper is the alternative form of kinkeeper.

Meaning of kinkeeper

Noun

kinkeeper (plural kinkeepers)

  1. Someone doing kinkeeping.
    • The men, in contrast, faced a "social penalty" after divorce, she says. This is because the wives were often the ‘kin-keepers’ in the marriage, meaning, they invested time and energy into their relationships with family and friends, whereas the husbands had relied on their wives to build their...2025 September 12, Molly Gorman, “'Was it all smoke and mirrors?': How adult children are affected by grey divorce”, in BBC

Forms of kin-keeper

pluralkin-keepers

Questions about kin-keeper

What is kin-keeper the alternative form of?
Kin-keeper is the alternative form of kinkeeper.

Words near kin-keeper in the dictionary

  1. Kin Sha Kiang
  2. kin state
  3. kin states
  4. Kin'bidhoo
  5. kin-ball
  6. kin-keeper
  7. kin-keepers
  8. Kin-sha
  9. Kin-sha Kiang
  10. Kin-sha-kiang
  11. Kin-tcheou

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