kinswoman

noun

Definition of kinswomannext
as in kinsman

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  1. kinsman
  2. cousin
  3. relative
Noun
  • Rediscovering his family’s ancestral land centuries after the religious wars forced those kinsmen to flee, our caballero soon steps in to protect a local clan from an oppressive landowner and his abusive henchmen.
    Ben Croll, Variety, 20 Sep. 2024
  • At the time of President Lincoln's assassination, my father was in Washington visiting his kinsman, Col. Thomas M. Vincent, who was on the staff of the Adjutant General.
    Chris Ciaccia, Fox News, 3 Sep. 2020
Definition of kinsman
Noun
  • In April of that year, a search warrant for a drug investigation of Vick's cousin Davon Boddie, resulted in authorities discovering evidence of unlawful dog fighting at one of Vick's properties in Virginia.
    Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 19 Dec. 2024
  • As part of an ongoing 12-year study of California ground squirrels at Briones Regional Park in Contra Costa County, researchers last summer watched as squirrels began to chase — and eat — voles, a cousin of field mice.
    Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of cousin
Noun
  • The Hamilton County Coroner's Office is requesting help finding the relatives of a man who died this week.
    Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Nearly all of her relatives on her mother’s side died in concentration camps during the Holocaust.
    E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of relative
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