The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
kinfolk \kin"folk`\, n. Relatives; kindred; kin; kinsfolk; persons of the same family or closely related families. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
kinfolk n 1: people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" [syn: family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry]