kinsfolk

English

Etymology

From Middle English kynsefolke, after kynnesman (modern English kinsman), equivalent to kin +‎ -s- +‎ folk.

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Noun

kinsfolk (countable and uncountable, plural kinsfolks)

1. Alternative spelling of kinfolk.
   • 2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 399:

     When you become a great man, you meet kinsfolk you never knew you had.

Related terms

• kinsman
• kinswoman

Anagrams

• folkniks, kinfolks, skinfolk