kins·man \ˈkinzmən\noun (pluralkinsmen) Etymology: Middle English kinnesman, from kinnes (gen. of kin) (I) + man : a man of the same race or family : one related by blood or sometimes by marriage : relation, relative < Polynesians, distant kinsmen of the New Zealand Maori — Ernest Beaglehole > < a very great … American whom I am proud to call my kinsman — A.E.Stevenson †1965 >