Usually means: Closest living relative or relatives.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word next of kin:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. next of kin: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. next of kin: Merriam-Webster
  3. next of kin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. next of kin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. next of kin: Collins English Dictionary
  6. next of kin: Vocabulary.com
  7. next of kin: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. next of kin: Wiktionary
  9. next of kin: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. next of kin: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. next of kin: Dictionary.com
  12. Next of Kin (TV series), Next of Kin (band), Next of Kin (disambiguation), Next of Kin (nonfiction), Next of Kin (novel), Next of Kin, Next-of-kin, Next of kin, The Next of Kin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. next of kin: Rhymezone
  14. next of kin: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. next of kin: FreeDictionary.org
  16. next of kin: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. next-of-kin, next of kin: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. next of kin: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  3. next of kin: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  7. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  8. Next-of-kin, next of kin: Legal dictionary
  9. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. next-of-kin, next of kin: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (next of kin)

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

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