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Definition of Kinfolk

1. Noun. People descended from a common ancestor. "His family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"

Definition of Kinfolk

1. Noun. (US also in plural) Relatives, relations. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kinfolk

1. relatives [n] - See also: relatives

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kinfolk

Literary usage of Kinfolk

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of the Library of the State of Maryland / D. Ridgely by Maryland State Library, Annapolis, David Ridgely (1834)
"Paul's Letters to his kinfolk, "5th v. of Scott's Miscellaneous Prose Works," 8vo; Boston, 1829. Montagu's Letters, &c. 3 v., 8vo; Boston, 1825. ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"... limited to the bodies of those killed in battle or by accident, and that the feast was ceremonial and usually limited to the kinfolk of the deceased. ..."

3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1901)
"... and when there, can be a great gathering of kinfolk, for the clan instinct is strong among these people, and a funeral has its cheerful side in the ..."

4. The Popular Science Monthly (1889)
"Rarely has any other explanation of their conduct been offered; but it does seem almost incredible that our far-away kinfolk should be using that ..."

5. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1906)
"It brought me near to these people and made them seem kinfolk of mine. Through our preacher we do much of our praying by proxy. We do not whirl him around a ..."

6. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1903)
"And when Samson wishes to marry the Philistine woman, his father says to him : "Is there forsooth among the daughters of our kinfolk and in our own family ..."

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