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kinfolks

kinfolks is the plural of kinfolk.

Meaning of kinfolk

Noun

kinfolk (countable and uncountable, plural kinfolks or kinfolk)

  1. (US) Relatives, relations.
    • ‘You have kinfolks here though. Women. That used to live in this house.’1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage, published 1993, page 122

Questions about kinfolks

What is kinfolks the plural of?
Kinfolks is the plural of kinfolk.

Words near kinfolks in the dictionary

  1. kinety
  2. Kinew
  3. Kinfauns
  4. kinfirm
  5. kinfolk
  6. kinfolks
  7. king
  8. King Alfred's cake
  9. King and Queen County
  10. King and Queen Court House
  11. King Arthur

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