kinswoman

/ˈkɪnzˌwʊmən/
noun
  1. A female relative, especially by blood.
    • She traveled to the reunion to meet a distant kinswoman she had never seen before.
    • In the will, the estate was left to a close kinswoman who had cared for him in his old age.
    • My grandmother's sister was my favorite kinswoman, always telling stories of the old country.
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