kinsfolk

[US]/'kɪnzfəʊk/
[UK]/'kɪnzfok/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. relatives; family members

Real-world Examples

Here's old Sivert calling up his kinsfolk and longing for a sight of his own flesh and blood; ay, he's nearing his end!

Source: The Growth of the Earth (Part 1)

" Well, " resumed Mr. Rochester, " if you disown parents, you must have some sort of kinsfolk: uncles and aunts" ?

Source: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

Her kinsfolk, however, deemed theirs a most suitable match and, eager to promote it, accepted the warlock's invitation to a great feast in the maiden's honour.

Source: The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling

A woman came over the hills to that lonely place where none ever came; she was of Inger's kinsfolk, though not near, and they made her welcome.

Source: The Growth of the Earth (Part 1)

Then came the news that Ellen's own marriage had ended in disaster, and that she was herself returning home to seek rest and oblivion among her kinsfolk.

Source: The Age of Innocence (Part One)

Inger was a blessing, too, in other ways. No clever head nor great in wit, maybe—but she had two lambing ewes with some of her kinsfolk, and brought them down.

Source: The Growth of the Earth (Part 1)

It might have taken the warlock fifty years to find such a woman, yet it so happened that the very day after he decided to seek her, a maiden answering his every wish arrived in the neighborhood to visit her kinsfolk.

Source: The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling

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