kithfolkとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

kithfolk pl ‎(複数形 only)

1. those of a kith or clan
   • 1860, Philological Society (London), Transactions of the Philological Society^[1], digitized edition, Wiley-Blackwell, published 2011, page 37:

     Those that were kith-folk (?) to the great devil,

   • 1940, Eugenics Pamphlets, Issues 12-59^[2], digital edition, Eugenics Society of Northern California, published 2008, page 46:

     They seem instinctively to prefer their kith-folk of Russian Karelia.

   • 1974, Albert Silversteen, Human Communication: Theoretical Explorations^[3], ISBN 9780470791721, page 205:

     In the beginning there was one adult male and one adult female, with no kinfolk or kithfolk, and no culture.

   • 1999, Poul Anderson, Starfarers^[4], ISBN 9780575108981, page 81:

     Maybe she, being smart as kithfolk usually were, could get a well-paid position in a guild or in the vicarial bureaucracy.

   • 2015, Robert Stanek, Guardians & Dragons^[5], ISBN 9781627164092:

     After that, he forced himself to think of the Wërgas kithfolk rather than beasts.