kin Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person having kinship with another or others
    kinsperson; family.
    • he's kin
    • he's family
  2. noun group of people related by blood or marriage
    clan; tribe; kindred; kin group; kinship group.
  3. adjective satellite related by blood
    cognate; blood-related; consanguine; akin; consanguineal; consanguineous.

WordNet

kin
Etymology
Of Low German origin; cf. G. -chen, LG. -- ken.
Definitions
  1. A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.
Kin noun
Definitions
  1. (Mus.) A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings. Riemann.
Kin noun
Etymology
OE. kin, cun, AS. cynn kin, kind, race, people; akin to cennan to beget, D. kunne sex, OS. & OHG. kunni kin, race, Icel. kyn, Goth. kuni, G. & D. kind a child, L. genus kind, race, L. gignere to beget, Gr. to be born, Skr. jan to beget. . Cf. Kind, King, Gender kind, Nation.
Definitions
  1. Relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; connection by birth or marriage; kindred; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.
  2. Relatives; persons of the same family or race.
    The father, mother, and the kinbeside. Dryden.
    You are of kin, and so a friend to their persons. Bacon.
Kin adjective
Definitions
  1. Of the same nature or kind; kinder. "Kin to the king." Shak.

Webster 1913