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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. group of people related by blood or marriage;
[syn: kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. similar in quality or character;
- Example: "a feeling akin to terror"
- Example: "kindred souls"
- Example: "the amateur is closely related to the collector"
[syn: akin(p), kindred]

2. related by blood or marriage;
- Example: "kindred clans"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Kindred \Kin"dred\, n. [OE. kinrede, kynrede, kunreden (with excrescent d), fr. AS. cynn kin, race + the termination -r[=ae]den, akin to AS. r[=ae]dan to advise, G. rathen. Cf. Hatred.] 1. Relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity; affinity; kin. [1913 Webster] Like her, of equal kindred to the throne. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Relatives by blood or marriage, more properly the former; relations; persons related to each other. [1913 Webster] I think there's no man is secure But the queen's kindred. --Shak. Syn: Kin; kinsfolk; relatives; kinsmen; relations; relationship; affinity. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Kindred \Kin"dred\, a. Related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as, kindred souls; kindred skies; kindred propositions. [1913 Webster] True to the kindred points of heaven and home. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

kindred adj 1: similar in quality or character; "a feeling akin to terror"; "kindred souls"; "the amateur is closely related to the collector" [syn: akin(p), kindred] 2: related by blood or marriage; "kindred clans" n 1: group of people related by blood or marriage [syn: kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe]