kithfolk

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noun

those of a kith or clan

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Meanings

nounkithfolk pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlythose of a kith or clan

    Those that were kith-folk (?) to the great devil,

    1860, Philological Society (London), Transactions of the Philological Society, digitized edition, Wiley-Blackwell, published 2011, page 37
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    They seem instinctively to prefer their kith-folk of Russian Karelia.

    1940, Eugenics Pamphlets, Issues 12-59, digital edition, Eugenics Society of Northern California, published 2008, page 46

    In the beginning there was one adult male and one adult female, with no kinfolk or kithfolk, and no culture.

    1974, Albert Silversteen, Human Communication: Theoretical Explorations, →ISBN, page 205

    Maybe she, being smart as kithfolk usually were, could get a well-paid position in a guild or in the vicarial bureaucracy.

    1999, Poul Anderson, Starfarers, →ISBN, page 81

    After that, he forced himself to think of the Wërgas kithfolk rather than beasts.

    2015, Robert Stanek, Guardians & Dragons, →ISBN

Origin

From kith + folk.

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APA

kithfolk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kithfolk

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“kithfolk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kithfolk. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kithfolk,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kithfolk.

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