kinsman

kinsman
   This word is rarely used in modern English. It refers to a mals relative, properly a blood relation but often used in the seventeenth century of a man related by marriage. There are several vocative examples of the word in the Shakespearean plays. The word occurs most frequently in Romeo and Juliet, though usually in third person reference. At one point, however, Capulet addresses his nephew Tybalt as ‘kinsman’. The word seems to have been used almost as a synonym of ‘cousin’, a word which had a wider meaning in the seventeenth century than today.

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  • Kinsman, IL — U.S. village in Illinois Population (2000): 109 Housing Units (2000): 50 Land area (2000): 0.066545 sq. miles (0.172350 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.066545 sq. miles (0.172350 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Kinsman — Kins man (k[i^]nz man), n.; pl. {Kinsmen} (k[i^]nz men). A man of the same race or family; one related by blood. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • kinsman — index blood, next of kin, relation (kinship), relative Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • kinsman — (n.) c.1200, kenesmen, from late O.E. cynnes mannum; see KIN (Cf. kin) + MAN (Cf. man). Kinswoman is recorded from c.1400 …   Etymology dictionary

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  • kinsman — [kinz′mən] n. pl. kinsmen [kinz′mən] [ME kynnesman < kynnes , gen. sing. of kyn (see KIN) + man] a relative; esp., a male relative …   English World dictionary

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  • Kinsman — Recorded in several forms including Kingman, Kingsman and possibly Kinsman, this interesting surname is medieval English. It derives from the pre 7th century Olde English word cyning , which does actually mean a king, with man , which can have a… …   Surnames reference

  • kinsman — UK [ˈkɪnzmən] / US noun [countable] Word forms kinsman : singular kinsman plural kinsmen literary a male relative …   English dictionary

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