kinsperson
- noun
- /ˈkɪnˌspɜr.sən/
:
familiar
- She found a letter from a distant kinsperson she had never met before.
Examples
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The primary ingredient in the practice of sorcery and of the most potent forms of magic is the muramura, a relic of a dead kinsperson, a long-dead ancestor, or a famous warrior or sorcerer of earlier times.
Academic text (1991) -
The spiral temporal concept is given tangible form in the Tabwa inheritance ritual when a close kinsperson is elected to "wear the belt" of a recently deceased loved one.
Academic text (1990) -
Furthermore, as a person "wears the belt" of a deceased kinsperson, she or he also "wears the belt" of those persons that the kinsperson succeeded.
Academic text (1990) -
Furthermore, as a person "wears the belt" of a deceased kinsperson, she or he also "wears the belt" of those persons that the kinsperson succeeded.
Academic text (1990) -
Of course, in performances distant from immediate social contexts where these restrictions are in force, there is less need for them: audiences abroad are not usually comprised of kinspersons, affines, or marabouts.
Academic text (2005) -
My kinsperson organized a family reunion to celebrate our shared heritage.
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During the holidays, I always visit my favorite kinsperson who lives nearby.
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Etymology
Kinsperson joins kin ('family') and person ('individual'), so it literally means a 'family person'. That's why a kinsperson is someone related to you by blood or marriage, like your 'next of kin'.