kindred Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun group of people related by blood or marriage
    clan; tribe; kin group; kin; kinship group.
  2. adjective satellite similar in quality or character
    akin.
    • a feeling akin to terror
    • kindred souls
    • the amateur is closely related to the collector
  3. adjective satellite related by blood or marriage
    • kindred clans

WordNet

Kin"dred noun
Etymology
OE. kinrede, kynrede, kunreden (with excrescent d), fr. AS. cunn kin, race + the termination , akin to AS. dan to advise, G. rathen. Cf. Hatred.
Definitions
  1. Relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity; affinity; kin.
    Like her, of equal kindred to the throne. Dryden.
  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.
Kin"dred adjective
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913