The ǃKung classify everyone who bears the same name as close kinsmen as if they were relatives proper.

They are descended from the family and close kinsmen of Gond chief who converted to Islam about three hundred years ago.

So, for example, in 1978, quite small traders were already moving money out of Libya for their close kinsmen as well as on their own account.

Among Aiel, a close kinsman or society brother might position himself so, if there was the possibility of a knife in the back.

For Hughes, life and death were always close kinsmen.

That didn't mean, though, that they couldn't start behaving more like close kinsmen now.

But he was a close kinsman of Justinian and an excellent general in his own right.

The care for my uncle, and now for Shubal, has been all one could desire, even from a close kinsman.

Generally each dhow crew is made up of close kinsmen.

Erengisle's close kinsman was also bishop Charles of Linköping, but we do not know how exactly they were related.