1. (n.) A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.

2. (n.) A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings.

3. (n.) Relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; connection by birth or marriage; kindred; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.

4. (n.) Relatives; persons of the same family or race.

5. (a.) of the same nature or kind; kinder.

agnate ancestry blood blood relation blood relative bracket branch brand breed cast caste category character clan clansman class cognate collateral collateral relative color connections consanguine consanguinean consanguineous cousinhood denomination description designation distaff side distant relation division enate estate family feather flesh flesh and blood folk folks form genre genus german grade grain group grouping head heading ilk kidney kind kindred kinfolk kinnery kinsfolk kinsman kinsmen kinswoman kith and kin label level line lineage lot make manner mark mold nature near relation next of kin number order people persuasion phylum pigeonhole position posterity predicament race rank rating related relation relations relatives rubric section sept set shape sib sibling sort spear kin spear side species spindle kin spindle side stamp station status stock strain stratum stripe style subdivision subgroup suborder sword side the like of the likes of title tribe tribesman type uterine kin variety