Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Destitute of kin or kindred
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- adjective Without
kin ;familyless .
Etymologies
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Examples
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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
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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
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Further north a kinless woman hugged two children, while a teenage kinless laid a blanket over a body.
Burning Tower Larry Niven 2005
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That would change, now that the kinless ponies were developing.
Burning Tower Larry Niven 2005
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Nobody gathers here, and the kinless can get on with their work.
Burning Tower Larry Niven 2005
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The creatures had killed at least a dozen kinless.
Burning Tower Larry Niven 2005
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Come on, Sandry, it has to happen—a kinless girl gets pregnant by a Lord.
Burning Tower Larry Niven 2005
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There had been more than one attempted kinless revolt led by a kinless with a Lordkin father.
Burning Tower Larry Niven 2005
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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
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Half kinless, half Lordkin, officially kinless—but a dangerous combination.
Burning Tower Larry Niven 2005
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