kinsman

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a male relative, especially one belonging to the same extended family; now often literary or historical

   The estate passed to her nearest surviving kinsman.

From Middle English kynnesman, literally 'a man of one's kin,' formed from the possessive of kin + man. The internal -s- is the old genitive ending also preserved in words such as craftsman.

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