kinfolk

kinfolk
noun (plural) an American form of kinsfolk king, noun (C)
1 RULER a man who is ruler of a country because he is from a royal family: He became king on the death of his father.
(+ of): Henry VIII, King of England
2 THE BEST
a) someone that you think does a particular thing the best
(+ of): the King of Rock `n' Roll
b) something that is the best of its type
(+ of): the king of Swiss cheeses
3 CHESS the most important piece in a game of chess
4 CARDS a playing card with a picture of a king on it
5 IMPORTANT be king if something is king at a particular time, it has a big influence on people: back in the days when jazz was king
6 king of the jungle/of beasts the most important male animal: The lion is king of the jungle.
7 a king's ransom an extremely large amount of money
8 live like a king to have a very good quality of life
-see also: queen 1

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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  • kinfolk — kin folk , n. Relatives; kindred; kin; kinsfolk; persons of the same family or closely related families. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • kinfolk — index affiliation (bloodline) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • kinfolk — (n.) also kin folk, 1802, principally American English, but the earliest references are British, from KIN (Cf. kin) (n.) + FOLK (Cf. folk) (n.). Kinsfolk is recorded from 1844 …   Etymology dictionary

  • kinfolk — [kin′fōk΄] pl.n. relatives; family; kin; kindred: also kinfolks …   English World dictionary

  • kinfolk — US var. of KINSFOLK. * * * kinfolk see kin n.1 9 …   Useful english dictionary

  • Kinfolk (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Kinfolk Type = Album Artist = Ali Gipp Released = August 142007 Recorded = 2003 2007 Genre = Rap Southern Rap Length = Label = Derrty Ent. Universal Motown Records Producer = Trife Organized Noise Track Starz Dallas Austin… …   Wikipedia

  • kinfolk — or kinfolks noun plural Date: 1873 relatives …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • kinfolk — /kin fohk /, n.pl. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. relatives or kindred. Also, kinfolks, kinsfolk. [1425 75; late ME kinnes folk; see KIN, FOLK] * * * …   Universalium

  • kinfolk — noun Relatives, relations. ‘You have kinfolks here though. Women. That used to live in this house.’ Syn: family, relations, relatives …   Wiktionary

  • kinfolk — Synonyms and related words: agnate, ancestry, blood, blood relation, blood relative, clansman, cognate, collateral, collateral relative, connections, consanguinean, distaff side, distant relation, enate, family, flesh, flesh and blood, folks,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • kinfolk — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. relatives, kin, kindred; see family 1 , relative . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) also kinsfolk or kinfolks noun One s relatives collectively: family, kin, kindred. See KIN …   English dictionary for students

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