Kin

n. [A-S. cynn, cyn, cynd, gecynd, kin, race, offspring, kind, sort; O. Sax. & O. H. Ger. kunni, D. kunne, Goth. kuni, Icel. kyn, Sw. kön, Dan. kiön, Ger. & D. kind, a child, allied to Lat. genus, Gr. γένος, birth, offspring, race, γόνος, child, race, from genere, gignere, γένειν, to beget.]

1Sense 1. Relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; kindred; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.

2Sense 2. Relatives; kindred; persons of the same race.

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. Shak.

The father, mother, and the kin beside. Dryden.

Of kin, allied; related by birth or marriage; of the same race or blood.

The bridegroom’s doors are open wide, And I am next of kin. Coleridge.

As a termination, kin is used as a diminutive, denoting small, from the sense of child; as, in manikin, a little man; Tompkin, Wilkin, Pipkin.

a. Of the same nature or kind; kindred; congenial.

And the ear-deafening voice of the oracle, Kin to Jove's thunder. Shak.