kinsman

«kinsman» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: relative — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

relative

part of speech

noun (plural kinsmen)

meaning for a pupil

A male relative, a man of the same family. tree →

how it differs from today

Today we say "relative" or "cousin", and "kinsman" is old and formal. The sentences use the same sense as today.

examples

• And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it. (Torah NUM.27.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• "Do bring them to life, kinsman," say their relatives. (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) tree →
• If thy brother be waxen poor, and sell some of his possession, then shall his kinsman that is next unto him come, and shall redeem that which his brother hath sold. (Torah LEV.25.25, JPS 1917) tree →

primary record

kinsman

tests

manual 10.4; corpora 10 (Torah 3, tales 7, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.1 (Torah alone 7.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• My friends and my companions stand aloof from my plague; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
• And now is there not Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens thou wast?
• And now it is true that I am a near kinsman; howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
• So the near kinsman said unto Boaz: 'Buy it for thyself.' And he drew off his shoe.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «kinsman» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.