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Definition of kin noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

kin

noun

NAmE//kɪn//

[plural] (old-fashioned or formal)

your family or your relatives Marriage between close kin is prohibited. compare kindred see next of kin

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kith and kin (old-fashioned)

friends and relatives

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