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[syn: like, ilk]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ilk \Ilk\, a. [Scot. ilk, OE. ilke the same, AS. ilca. Cf.
Each.]
Same; each; every. [Archaic] --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
Of that ilk,
(a) denoting that a person's surname and the title of his
estate are the same; as, Grant of that ilk, i.e., Grant
of Grant. [Scottish] --Jamieson.
(a) Of the same kind.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ilk \Ilk\ ([i^]lk), n.
Kind; class; sort; type; as, him and his ilk; -- sometimes
used to indicate disapproval when applied to people.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ilk
n 1: a kind of person; "We'll not see his like again"; "I can't
tolerate people of his ilk" [syn: like, ilk]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
77 Moby Thesaurus words for "ilk":
blood, body-build, brand, breed, cast, character, characteristic,
characteristics, clan, color, complexion, composition,
constituents, constitution, crasis, denomination, description,
designation, dharma, diathesis, disposition, ethos, feather, fiber,
form, frame, genius, genre, genus, grain, habit, hue, humor,
humors, kidney, kin, kind, label, line, lot, make, makeup, manner,
mark, mold, nature, number, persuasion, phylum, physique, property,
quality, race, shape, somatotype, sort, species, spirit, stamp,
strain, streak, stripe, style, suchness, system, temper,
temperament, tendency, tenor, the like of, the likes of, tone,
tribe, type, variety, vein, way