kithfolk

noun

kithfolk

noun

Etymology From kith + folk.

1

those 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:
  • 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:
3 more examples
  • 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:

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