English > kinfolk: 1 sense > noun 1, group| Meaning | People descended from a common ancestor. |
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| Synonyms | family, family line, folk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry |
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| Narrower | dynasty | A sequence of powerful leaders in the same family |
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| homefolk | The people of your home locality (especially your own family) |
| house | aristocratic family line |
| name, gens | family based on male descent |
| people | Members of a family line |
| Broader | lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock | The descendants of one individual |
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| Spanish | familia, hermandad, linaje, línea familiar, pariente, parientes |
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| Catalan | família, línia familiar, parents |
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