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- noun Plural form of
kinswoman .
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Examples
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This could be discerned by the systematic neglect of mass rapes and violence towards women partisans and kinswomen of partisan men, perpetrated by paramilitary groups; death sentences and executions meted out at regular intervals by court martial; 71 the indiscriminate severity of prison sentences; rituals of torture; and the uncanny toleration of prostitution.
Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity 2008
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An old woman whom they called muhunga carried out the procedure. 85 The girl was then taken to rest, and as early as the next morning, provided she was healed enough, she was dressed in new clothing and strings of beads, gifts from her maternal and paternal kinswomen.
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I have friends and kinswomen here at court who will join me in asking for a pardon.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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The MOO's security chief was accompanied down the aisle by her trusted lieutenants and kinswomen.
Massage 2010
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I have friends and kinswomen here at court who will join me in asking for a pardon.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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I have friends and kinswomen here at court who will join me in asking for a pardon.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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The builder's wife and kinswomen prepare many gallons of beer and invite neighboring women and men to work.
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I have friends and kinswomen here at court who will join me in asking for a pardon.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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We were good friends once, and we are kinswomen still.
The White Queen Philippa Gregory 2009
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My kinswomen escort me; it turns out I have hundreds of them.
The White Queen Philippa Gregory 2009
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