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kinsfolk

kinsfolk is the alternative spelling 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

Forms of kinsfolk

pluralkinsfolks

Origin of kinsfolk

From Middle English kynsefolke, after kynnesman (modern English kinsman), equivalent to kin + -s- + folk.

Questions about kinsfolk

What is kinsfolk the alternative spelling of?
Kinsfolk is the alternative spelling of kinfolk.

Words near kinsfolk in the dictionary

  1. Kinser
  2. Kinsers
  3. Kinsey
  4. Kinsey scale
  5. Kinseyan
  6. kinsfolk
  7. kinsfolks
  8. Kinsha
  9. Kinsha Kiang
  10. Kinshakiang
  11. Kinshasa

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