kin
The definition of kin is a person's relatives.
(noun)An example of kin is your siblings, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins.
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See kin in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
one's family; relatives; kinfolk; kindred
Origin: ME kyn < OE cynn, akin to Du kunne, Goth kuni, ON kyn < Gmc *kunja- < IE base *ĝen-, to produce: see genus
adjective
related, as by blood; kindred
little (specified person or thing): lambkin
Origin: ME < MDu -ken, -kijn, dim. suffix, akin to Ger -chen
See kin in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- (used with a pl. verb) One's relatives; family; kinfolk.
- A kinsman or kinswoman.
Related; akin.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old English cyn; see genə- in Indo-European roots
.or -kins
suffix Little one: devilkin.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , probably from Middle Dutch -kijn, -kin
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