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[syn: family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Kinsfolk \Kins"folk`\, n.
   Relatives; kindred; kin; kinfolk; persons of the same family
   or closely related families.
   [1913 Webster]
         They sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.
                                                  --Luke ii. 44.
   [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
kinsfolk
    n 1: people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has
         lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" [syn: family,
         family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept,
         phratry]