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kinsman

[ˈkʰɪnz.mən]

kinsman noun: a male relative.

Noun

kinsman (plural kinsmen)

  1. A male relative.
    • And I, the nearest kinsman of the Earl of Windsor, was to propose his election.1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter VI, in The Last Man. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 194

Proper noun capitalized: Kinsman

Kinsman (plural Kinsmans)

  1. A surname.

kinsman meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

kinsman in Hindi

kinsman, relative
बांधव bāndhav, बंधु bandhu
kinsman
क़रीब qarīb

kinsman in Tamil

உறவினன், இரத்த உறவுடையவன், ஆண் உறவினர், ஒரே இனத்து ஆண்கள், உறவினர்களையும்

kinsman in Urdu

kinsman
قریب qarīb

kinsman in Bengali

male relative
বেরাদর berador
More languagesFewer languages
kinsman in Telugu
దాయాది dāyādi
kinsman in Malayalam
ബന്ധു, ആത്മബന്ധു, പ്രത്യയം, ചാർച്ചക്കാരൻ
kinsman in Kannada
ಬಂಧು, ಸಗೋತ್ರೀಯ, ಒಂದೇ ಬುಡಕಟ್ಟಿನವ, ಅಂಶಕ
kinsman in Gujarati
સગું sagũ
kinsman in Sanskrit
बान्धव bāndhava, ज्ञाति jñāti

Forms of kinsman

Noun
pluralkinsmen
Proper noun
pluralKinsmans

Plural of kinsman: kinsmen

Origin of kinsman

From Middle English kynnesman, equivalent to kin + -s- + -man.

Words formed from kinsman

Questions about kinsman

What does kinsman mean?
Kinsman means a male relative.
What is kinsman in Hindi?
Kinsman in Hindi is बांधव (bāndhav), बंधु (bandhu), क़रीब (qarīb). See Kinsman meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is kinsman?
Kinsman can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce kinsman?
Kinsman is pronounced [ˈkʰɪnz.mən].
What is the plural of kinsman?
The plural of kinsman is kinsmen.

Words near kinsman in the dictionary

  1. Kinsley gaffe
  2. Kinsley gaffes
  3. Kinsleys
  4. Kinslow
  5. Kinslows
  6. kinsman
  7. kinsmanly
  8. Kinsmans
  9. kinsmanship
  10. kinsmanships
  11. kinsmen

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: kinsman (page history and authors); Kinsman (page history and authors); क़रीब (Hindi) (page history and authors); kinsman (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); قریب (Urdu) (page history and authors); దాయాది (Telugu) (page history and authors); kinsman (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); kinsman (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); સગું (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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