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  • 71kin — [[t]kɪn[/t]] n. 1) ant soc all of a person s relatives; kindred 2) ant soc a relative or kinsman 3) ant soc a group of persons tracing or claiming descent from a common ancestor, or constituting a family, clan, tribe, or race 4) someone or… …

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  • 72-kin — also kins noun suffix Etymology: Middle English, from Middle Dutch kin; akin to Old High German chīn, diminutive suffix little < catkin > < babykins > …

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  • 73kin — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cynn; akin to Old High German chunni race, Latin genus birth, race, kind, Greek genos, Latin gignere to beget, Greek gignesthai to be born Date: before 12th century 1. a group of persons of&#8230; …

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  • 74kin — See kith and kin …

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  • 75kin — Gullah Words 1) can Gullah Words 2) kin, kindred …

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  • 76KIN — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index noun ancestor, ancestry, baby, child, derivative, descendant, family, father, genealogy, illegitimacy, kin, nobility …

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  • 77-kin — suffix forming diminutive nouns such as catkin. Origin from MDu. kijn, ken, Mid. Low Ger. kīn …

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  • 78kin to — (of a person) related. → kin …

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  • 79kin — noun [treated as plural] one s family and relations. adjective (often kin to) (of a person) related. Derivatives kinless adjective Origin OE cynn, of Gmc origin …

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  • 80kin — n 1. relatives, kinsfolk, kith, kith and kin, kindred; relations, connections, distant relatives; family, folks, people, tribe, brood, clan; house, nationality, gentility. 2. kinship, relationship, relation, consanguinity, alliance, connection;&#8230; …

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