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Definition of Kinswomen
1. kinswoman [n] - See also: kinswoman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kinswomen
Literary usage of Kinswomen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of national biographyby Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1901)
"... of memoirs of their' kinsmen and kinswomen have shown every disposition to
respect the dispassionate aims which the Dictionary exists to pursue. ..."
2. The Family: An Ethnographical and Historical Outline with Descriptive Notes by Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons (1908)
"In group-marriage the men are or are considered Group-marriage kinsmen, and the
women kinswomen. (Where the common wives are not akin, the marriage is ..."
3. Life and Letters of Henry Lee Higginson by Henry Lee Higginson (1921)
"One of his kinswomen, for instance, wrote him affectionately that it was really
impossible for her to attend the concerts any longer, for the reason just ..."
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