kinsman
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Yet the formidable English army of kinsman Malcolm, rightful heir to murdered King Duncan, approached Dunsinane using branches from Birnam Wood as camouflage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
De la Espriella’s ideological kinsman, Argentine President Javier Milei, is pushing for more oil output, focusing on his country’s massive Vaca Muerta shale deposit.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
But you here, whom nature made the wisest of all people, should drop your anger and make everyone who fights alongside us at sea a kinsman, a citizen.
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2025
When Mr. Anderson entered the chapel, which was used as a courtroom to hold all 63 defendants, he shook his head and tried to imagine how his kinsman must have felt in that moment.
From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2022
‘And I do not ask, for I have already been told that you are the kinsman and adopted heir of our friend Bilbo the renowned. Allow me to congratulate you on your recovery.’
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
They then decided to make distinctive marks on their cheeks, "akin to the ones their animals had, which would help them in identifying their kinsmen during battles", Mr Makkuwana says.
From BBC ● May 20, 2022
After the women had said goodbye, his kinsmen carried out Hussein’s body and placed it in a van.
From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2021
She inquired about Arinbjorn, her brother, and other of her kinsmen and friends who had gone to England with Arinbjorn.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2019
He said the Fulani community has lost more than 500 kinsmen since 2012 and more than 20,000 cows to rustlers.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 30, 2018
‘If these kinsmen be in any way like to yourself, my lord Aragorn, thirty such knights will be a strength that cannot be counted by heads.’
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Vocabulary lists containing kinsman
Twelfth Night
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The Merchant of Venice
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"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 3
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