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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024kith′ and kin′, - Anthropology, Sociologyacquaintances and relatives.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024kith /kɪθ/USA pronunciation n. Idioms- Idioms kith and kin, [plural] relatives, or acquaintances and relatives together.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024kith (kith),USA pronunciation n. - Sociology, Anthropologyacquaintances, friends, neighbors, or the like;
persons living in the same general locality and forming a more or less cohesive group. - Anthropology, Sociologykindred.
- Anthropology, Sociologya group of people living in the same area and forming a culture with a common language, customs, economy, etc., usually endogamous.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English cȳth, earlier cȳththu kinship, knowledge, equivalent. to cūth couth2 + -thu -th1; akin to Gothic kunthi, German Kunde knowledge
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