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kinsmen

/kinz-muhn/US // ˈkɪnz mən //UK // (ˈkɪnzmən) //

亲属,亲属们,亲属关系,亲戚

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural kins·men.

    • : a blood relative, especially a male.
    • : a relative by marriage.
    • : a person of the same nationality or ethnic group.

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Examples

  • He found himself among kinsmen who were zealous Roman Catholics.

  • Then spake Olmod the Old and said: We kinsmen have taken counsel together on this matter, and of one consent are we thereon.

  • These kinsmen are like red horses, like heroes eager for battle, and they have rushed forward to fight.

  • So he asked his kinsmen, and nobles, and friends, and neighbours.

  • They also warmly sympathised with their European kinsmen in the apparently hopeless struggle against the oppression of Napoleon.