kinsman

See also: Kinsman

English

Etymology

From Middle English kynnesman, equivalent to kin +‎ -s- +‎ -man.

Noun

kinsman (plural kinsmen)

1. A male relative.
   • 1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter VI, in The Last Man. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 194:

     And I, the nearest kinsman of the Earl of Windsor, was to propose his election.

Coordinate terms

• kinswoman

Translations

male relative

• Armenian: ազգական (hy) (azgakan)
• Bengali: বেরাদর (bn) (berador)
• Bulgarian: роднина (bg) m (rodnina)
• Danish: slægtning c, frænde c, ætling c
• Faroese: ættarmaður m
• Finnish: miespuolinen sukulainen
• French: parent (fr) m
• Georgian: ნათესავი (natesavi), სახლიკაცი (saxliḳaci)
• German: Verwandter (de) m, Angehöriger (de) m, Landsmann (de) m
• Gothic: 𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌾𐌹𐍃 m (niþjis), 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌾𐌹𐍃 m (ganiþjis)
• Greek:

  Ancient: συγγενής m (sungenḗs), (by marriage) πηός m (pēós)

• Italian: parente (it) m
• Latin: gentilis m
• Norwegian: forfader (no) m, ætting m, ættfar m
• Occitan: parent (oc) m
• Old Norse: frændi m, niðr m
• Portuguese: parente (pt) m
• Russian: ро́дственник (ru) m (ródstvennik)
• Sanskrit: बान्धव (sa) m (bāndhava) (especially maternal), ज्ञाति (sa) m (jñāti) (especially paternal)
• Swahili: ndugu (sw)
• Swedish: frände (sv) c

Anagrams

• Kinmans, Mankins, mankins, namkins