Kin"dred (?), n. [OE. kinrede, kynrede, kunreden (with excrescent d), fr. AS. cunn kin, race + the termination , akin to AS. dan to advise, G. rathen. Cf. Hatred.]
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.
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Kin"dred, a.
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.
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