Kindred Definition

kĭndrĭd

noun

A group of related persons, as a clan or tribe.

American Heritage

Kinship.

Webster's New World

Family or relatives; kin; kinfolk.

Webster's New World

(often plural only) Distant and close relatives, collectively.

Wiktionary

(often plural only) Peoples of the same ethnic descent, not including speaker; brethren.

Wiktionary

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adjective

Of the same ancestry or family.

Kindred clans.

American Heritage

Related by birth or common origin.

Webster's New World

Of like nature; similar.

Kindred spirits.

Webster's New World

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Other Word Forms of Kindred

Singular:

kindred

Plural:

kindreds

From Middle English kindrede, alteration (with epenthetic d) of kinrede, cünreden (“kindred”), from Old English cynrēd, cynrǣden (“kindred, family, generation, posterity, stock, species”), from cynn (“kind, sort, quality, race, family, rank, gender”) + -rǣden (“condition, state”), equivalent to kin +‎ -red. More at kin.

From Wiktionary
Middle English kinrede, kindrede from Late Old English cynrēde cyn kin genə- in Indo-European roots -rēde condition (from Old English rǣden, -rǣden condition ar- in Indo-European roots)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition