kindred

¹kin·dred

noun \ˈkin-drəd\

Definition of KINDRED

1

a : a group of related individuals b : one's relatives

2

: family relationship : kinship

Examples of KINDRED

1. He went out to sea, and never saw his kindred again.
2. <the kingdom's royal kindred actually numbers in the thousands>

Origin of KINDRED

Middle English, from kin + Old English rǣden condition, from rǣdan to advise, read

First Known Use: 12th century

Related to KINDRED

Synonyms: blood, clan, folks, house, kin, family, kinfolk (or kinfolks), kinsfolk, line, lineage, people, race, stock, tribe

Related Words: blended family, nuclear family; extended family, household, kith; brood; descendant (also descendent), issue, offspring, progeny, scion, seed; clansman, kinsman, kinswoman, relative; dynasty

Near Antonyms: ancestry, birth, descent, extraction, origin, pedigree

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