Definitions for kinfolkˈkɪnˌfoʊk

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

kin•folkˈkɪnˌfoʊk(n.pl.)

Sometimes, kin′folks`, kinsfolk.

  1. relatives or kindred.

    Category: Dialect

Origin of kinfolk:

1425–75

Princeton's WordNet

  1. family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry(noun)

    people descended from a common ancestor

    "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"

Wiktionary

  1. kinfolk(Noun)

    Relatives, relations.


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