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Webster 1913 Edition
Kindred
Kin′dred
,Noun.
[OE.
kinrede
, kynrede
, kunreden
(with excrescent d
), fr. AS. cynn
kin, race + the termination -rǣden
, akin to AS. rǣdan
to advise, G. rathen
. Cf. Hatred
.] 1.
Relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity; affinity; kin.
Like her, of equal
kindred
to the throne. Dryden.
2.
Relatives by blood or marriage, more properly the former; relations; persons related to each other.
Syn. – Kin; kinsfolk; relatives; kinsmen; relations; relationship; affinity.
Kin′dred
,Adj.
Related; congenial; of the like nature or properties;
as,
kindred
souls; kindred
skies; kindred
propositions.True to the
kindred
points of heaven and home. Wordsworth.
Webster 1828 Edition
Kindred
KIN'DRED
,Noun.
1.
Relation by birth; consanguinity. Like her, of equal kindred to the throne.
2.
Relation by marriage; affinity.3.
Relatives by blood or marriage, more properly the former. Thou shalt go unto my country and to my kindred. Gen.26.
4.
Relation; suit; connection in kind.KIN'DRED
,Adj.
Definition 2024
Kindred
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See also: Kindred
English
Noun
kindred (plural kindreds)
- (often plural only) Distant and close relatives, collectively; kin. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (often plural only) People of the same ethnic descent, not including speaker; brethren. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (countable) A grouping of relatives.
- Shakespeare
- I think there's no man is secure / But the queen's kindred.
- Shakespeare
Synonyms
Translations
kin — see kin
Noun
kindred (plural kindreds)
- A combination of extended family and religious group, of the Ásatrú religious order in America.
Synonyms
- Hearth
- Garth
- Stead
External links
Adjective
kindred (not comparable)
- Of the same nature.
- 1924, Aristotle, Metaphysics, translated by W. D. Ross, Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001, book 1, part 1.
- We have said in the Ethics what the difference is between art and science and the other kindred faculties;
- 1924, Aristotle, Metaphysics, translated by W. D. Ross, Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001, book 1, part 1.
Translations
of the same nature