'Kin' definitions:

Definition of 'kin'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Related by blood [syn: akin(p), blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineous, consanguineal, kin(p)]
noun
A person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin"; "he's family" [syn: kin, kinsperson, family]
noun
Group of people related by blood or marriage [syn: kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe]

Definition of 'Kin'

From: GCIDE
  • Kin \Kin\ (k[i^]n), n. (Mus.) A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings. --Riemann. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Kin'

From: GCIDE
  • Kin \Kin\, n. [OE. kin, cun, AS. cynn kin, kind, race, people; akin to cennan to beget, D. kunne sex, OS. & OHG. kunni kin, race, Icel. kyn, Goth. kuni, G. & D. kind a child, L. genus kind, race, L. gignere to beget, Gr. gi`gnesqai to be born, Skr. jan to beget. [root]44. Cf. Kind, King, Gender kind, Nation.]
  • 1. Relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; connection by birth or marriage; kindred; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Relatives; persons of the same family or race. [1913 Webster]
  • The father, mother, and the kin beside. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • You are of kin, and so a friend to their persons. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Kin

Definition of 'Kin'

From: GCIDE
  • Kin \Kin\ (k[i^]n), n. Also Kine \Kine\ (k[imac]n). [Gr. kinei^n to move.] (Physics) The unit velocity in the C. G. S. system -- a velocity of one centimeter per second. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Definition of 'Kin'

From: GCIDE
  • Kin \Kin\, a. Of the same nature or kind; kinder. "Kin to the king." --Shak. [1913 Webster]