ilk

Noun
Synonyms: like

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a kind of person“We'll not see his like again”“I can't tolerate people of his ilk”Synonyms: like
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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]
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