kinsman

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kinsman  /ˈkɪnz ˌmæn/ ? Meaning of "kinsman"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a male relative

Usage(s):

  1. While the great powers sought a European princeling to head the new state, some Albanian Moslems had their heart set on Prince Halim Eddine, a kinsman of the Turkish Sultan.
  2. He presumably helped kinsman Ramzi Yousef bomb the World Trade Center in 1993.
  3. For years he fought under his kinsman, the overlord of Manchuria, Chang Tso-lin.

Quotes

  • The journeys and his friends, those who were to become the other iconic figures of the beat generation - the crazy, frenetic, street cowboy - "a western kinsman of the sun" - called Neal Cassady, the poets Allen Ginsburg and Gary Snyder, the...
    on May 5, 2007 By: Neal Cassady Source: Hindu

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