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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

KINS'MAN, n. [kin and man.] A man of the same race or family; one related by blood.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a male relative

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 12th century relative; specifically a male relative

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -men; fem. kinswoman, pl. -women) 1 a blood relation or disp. a relation by marriage. 2 a member of one's own tribe or people.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Kinsman Kins"man, n.; pl. Kinsmen. A man of the same race or family; one related by blood.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(kinsmen) Someone's kinsman is their male relative. (LITERARY or WRITTEN) N-COUNT: oft with poss

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Heb. goel, from root meaning to redeem. The goel among the Hebrews was the nearest male blood relation alive. Certain important obligations devolved upon him toward his next of kin. (1.) If any one from poverty was unable to redeem his inheritance, it was the duty of the kinsman to redeem it (Lev. 25:25,28; Ruth 3:9, 12). He was also required to redeem his relation who had sold himself into slavery (Lev. 25:48, 49).

God is the Goel of his people because he redeems them (Ex. 6:6; Isa. 43:1; 41:14; 44:6, 22; 48:20; Ps. 103:4; Job 19:25, etc.).

(2.) The goel also was the avenger (q.v.) of blood (Num. 35:21) in the case of the murder of the next of kin.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Relative, relation.