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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Kindred

/kĭn′drĭd/ · Kin·dred · IPA /ˈkɪndɹɪd/
01 n. Relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity; affinity; kin.
  1. 1.
    Relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity; affinity; kin.
    “Like her, of equal kindred to the throne.” — Dryden.
  2. 2.
    Relatives by blood or marriage, more properly the former; relations; persons related to each other.
    “I think there's no man is secure But the queen's kindred.” — Shak.
Syn. Kin; kinsfolk; relatives; kinsmen; relations; relationship; affinity.
02 a. Related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as, kindred souls; kindred skies; kindred propositions.
  1. 1.
    Related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as, kindred souls; kindred skies; kindred propositions.
    “True to the kindred points of heaven and home.” — Wordsworth.