(anthropology, ethnography) Someone who, though unrelated by birth or marriage, has such a close emotional relationship with another that they may be considered part of the family.

Closest blood relative, heir to inheritance. / Close friend, spouse, or partner (for example on hospital admission form), one of someone's close ones.

Alternative form of Jinsha Jiang

Alternative form of Jinsha Jiang

Alternative form of Jinsha Jiang

A female given name transferred from the surname.

A habitational surname from Old English. / A female given name transferred from the surname. / A city, the county seat of Edwards County, Kansas, United States.

A surname.

A scale devised by Alfred Kinsey, used to measure a person's sexuality, ranging from 0 (exclusively heterosexual) to 6 (exclusively homosexual), passing through different stages of bisexuality, including the 3 in the middle (bisexual, attracted to men and women equally). There is also an X option, for those exhibiting no sexual attraction (asexual).

plural of kinsfolk