kins

Noun (1)

kin (countable and uncountable, plural kins or kin)

1. Race; family; breed; kind.
   • the starfish and its kin the sea urchin
2. (collective) Persons of the same race or family; kindred.
   • You are of kin, and so must be a friend to their persons.c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers
3. One or more relatives, such as siblings or cousins, taken collectively.
   • Among those who derive information related to work from personal contacts, nonkins, rather than kins, constitute the most important sources even for women.2016, Saraswati Raju, Santosh Jatrana, Women Workers in Urban India, page 280
4. Relationship; same-bloodedness or affinity; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.
   • Such sensations, however, were too near a kin to resentment to be long guiding Fanny's soliloquies.1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter XIII, in Mansfield Park: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 248

Noun (2)

kin (plural kins or kin)

1. (slang) A fictional or non-fictional being whom one spiritually connects to.
2. (slang) Someone who identifies as a certain fictional character.

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