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for kinfolk
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
kinfolk \kin"folk`\, n.
Relatives; kindred; kin; kinsfolk; persons of the same family
or closely related families.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
kinfolk
n 1: people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has
lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" [syn: family,
family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept,
phratry]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "kinfolk":
agnate, ancestry, blood, blood relation, blood relative, clansman,
cognate, collateral, collateral relative, connections,
consanguinean, distaff side, distant relation, enate, family,
flesh, flesh and blood, folks, german, kin, kindred, kinnery,
kinsfolk, kinsman, kinsmen, kinswoman, kith and kin, near relation,
next of kin, people, posterity, relations, relatives, sib, sibling,
spear kin, spear side, spindle kin, spindle side, sword side,
tribesman, uterine kin
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