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kin·dred
/
ˈkɪn
drɪd
/
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[
kin
-drid
]
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noun
1.
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
2.
a group of persons related to another; family, tribe, or
race
.
3.
relationship by birth or
descent
, or sometimes by
marriage
; kinship.
4.
natural relationship; affinity.
adjective
5.
associated by origin,
nature
, qualities, etc.:
kindred languages.
6.
having the same belief, attitude, or feeling:
We are kindred spirits on the issue of gun
control
.
7.
related by birth or descent; having kinship:
kindred tribes.
8.
belonging to kin or relatives:
kindred blood.
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a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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Origin:
1125–75;
Middle English,
variant (with epenthetic
d
) of
kinrede.
See
kin
,
-red
Related forms
kin·dred·less,
adjective
kin·dred·ness,
noun
kin·dred·ship,
noun
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World English Dictionary
kindred
(ˈkɪndrɪd)
—
adj
1.
having similar or common qualities, origin, etc
2.
related by blood or marriage
3.
kindred spirit
a person with whom one has something in common
—
n
4.
relationship by blood
5.
similarity in character
6.
a person's relatives collectively
[C12
kinred,
from
kin
+
-red,
from Old English
rǣden
rule, from
rǣdan
to rule]
'kindredness
—
n
'kindredship
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
kindred
c.1200, kinraden, compound of kin (q.v.) + -rede, from O.E. ræden "condition, rule," related to rædan "to advise, rule" (see
read
). With intrusive -d- (17c.) probably for phonetic reasons (cf. thunder) but perhaps encouraged by kind (n.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
kindred
kin·dred (kĭn'drĭd)
n.
A group of related persons, such as a clan or tribe.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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