Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Destitute of kin or kindred

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  • adjective Without kin; familyless.

Etymologies

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kin +‎ -less

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Examples

  • I guess technically you could call the kinless here slaves to the Lords’ Council, but look at them—they don’t act like slaves!

    Burning Tower Larry Niven 2005

  • I guess technically you could call the kinless here slaves to the Lords’ Council, but look at them—they don’t act like slaves!

    Burning Tower Larry Niven 2005

  • Further north a kinless woman hugged two children, while a teenage kinless laid a blanket over a body.

    Burning Tower Larry Niven 2005

  • That would change, now that the kinless ponies were developing.

    Burning Tower Larry Niven 2005

  • Nobody gathers here, and the kinless can get on with their work.

    Burning Tower Larry Niven 2005

  • The creatures had killed at least a dozen kinless.

    Burning Tower Larry Niven 2005

  • Come on, Sandry, it has to happen—a kinless girl gets pregnant by a Lord.

    Burning Tower Larry Niven 2005

  • There had been more than one attempted kinless revolt led by a kinless with a Lordkin father.

    Burning Tower Larry Niven 2005

  • They might not see him as any kind of Lordkin at all, just a kinless with weapons, and that really would burn the stew!

    Burning Tower Larry Niven 2005

  • Half kinless, half Lordkin, officially kinless—but a dangerous combination.

    Burning Tower Larry Niven 2005

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