kinsman

See also: Kinsman

English

From Middle English kynnesman, equivalent to kin +‎ -s- +‎ -man.

kinsman (plural kinsmen)

A male relative.
- 1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter VI, in The Last Man. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 194:
  And I, the nearest kinsman of the Earl of Windsor, was to propose his election.

male relative

Armenian: ազգական (hy) (azgakan)
Bengali: বেরাদর (bn) (berador)
Bulgarian: роднина (bg) m (rodnina)
Danish: slægtning c, frænde c, ætling c
Faroese: ættarmaður m
Finnish: miespuolinen sukulainen
French: parent (fr) m
Georgian: ნათესავი (natesavi), სახლიკაცი (saxliḳaci)
German: Verwandter (de) m, Angehöriger (de) m, Landsmann (de) m
Gothic: 𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌾𐌹𐍃 m (niþjis), 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌾𐌹𐍃 m (ganiþjis)
Greek:
Ancient: συγγενής m (sungenḗs), (by marriage) πηός m (pēós)
Italian: parente (it) m
Latin: gentilis m
Norwegian: forfader (no) m, ætting m, ættfar m
Occitan: parent (oc) m
Old Norse: frændi m, niðr m
Portuguese: parente (pt) m
Russian: ро́дственник (ru) m (ródstvennik)
Sanskrit: बान्धव (sa) m (bāndhava) (especially maternal), ज्ञाति (sa) m (jñāti) (especially paternal)
Swahili: ndugu (sw)
Swedish: frände (sv) c

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