kindred

Kindred — may refer to: *A group of related persons, see Kinship. * Kindred is an episode of the NBC television series Heroes *The novel by Octavia Butler, see Kindred (novel). *The Kindred, vampires from a fantasy role playing game, see . *Kindred… …   Wikipedia

Kindred — Kin dred, a. Related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as, kindred souls; kindred skies; kindred propositions. [1913 Webster] True to the kindred points of heaven and home. Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

kindred — I noun ancestor, ancestral relation, blood relations, blood relatives, brethren, clan, clansmen, cognati, consanguine i, descendant, family, folk, kin, kinsfolk, kinsmen, kinspeople, lineage, necessarii, next of kin, relation by birth, relation… …   Law dictionary

Kindred — Kin dred, n. [OE. kinrede, kynrede, kunreden (with excrescent d), fr. AS. cynn kin, race + the termination r[=ae]den, akin to AS. r[=ae]dan to advise, G. rathen. Cf. {Hatred}.] 1. Relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity; affinity; kin.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

kindred — 1. noun 1) кровное родство 2) род; клан; родственники 2. adj. 1)родственный kindred languages 2) сходный rain and kindred phenomena дождьи сходные с ним явления природы …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

kindred — kindredless, adj. kindredness, n. kindredship, n. /kin drid/, n. 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;… …   Universalium

Kindred — An extended family or clan, a group of related individuals. The term kindred is used in population studies of diseases or genetic traits. For example, a syndrome of progressive retinal disease, endocrine (hormonal) abnormalities and degenerative… …   Medical dictionary

Kindred — Eine Kindred bezeichnet in der Ethnologie die Gruppe aller Personen, die in einem verwandtschaftlichen System mit der Person (Ego) im Zentrum des Systems verwandt sind. Das heißt die Gruppe von Personen, mit denen Ego verwandt ist, die aber nie… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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kindred — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from kin + Old English rǣden condition, from rǣdan to advise, read Date: 12th century 1. a. a group of related individuals b. one s relatives 2. family relationship ; kinship II …   New Collegiate Dictionary