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Language: Old English
Origin: cyn

kin

 noun
     
kin [plural]
1 informal also kinsfolk, kinfolk your family
2

next of kin

formal your most closely related family:
We'll have to notify the next of kin of his death.
[↪ kindred] ➔ kith and kin
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