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
Egil said: ”Tis but my bounden duty, lady, for the sake of Arinbjorn thy kinsman that I go, if Fridgeir thinks this any help to him.’
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2019
She only suffered a kinsman to kiss her on the cheek and then she secretly wiped it off; Atticus kissed her vaguely wherever he happened to land; Jem kissed her not at all.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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
Conte announced that starting May 4, people in Italy will be permitted to travel within their home regions for visits with “congiunti,” a formal Italian word that can mean either relatives, relations or kinsmen.
From Washington Times ● May 1, 2020
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
All the village were kinsmen, and the titles shouted in loud country voices never let kinship be forgotten.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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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