Meanings
plural kinkeepers · alternative kin-keeper
- Someone doing kinkeeping.
1 more example
The men, in contrast, faced a "social penalty" after divorce, she says. This is because the wives were often the ‘kin-keepers’ in the marriage, meaning, they invested time and energy into their relationships with family and friends, whereas the husbands had relied on their wives to build their social lives.
2025 September 12, Molly Gorman, “'Was it all smoke and mirrors?': How adult children are affected by grey divorce”, in BBC
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kinkeeper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kinkeeper
“kinkeeper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kinkeeper. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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