Definitions for kindredˈkɪn drɪd

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

kin•dredˈkɪn drɪd(n.)

kin; kinfolk.
Category: Anthropology, Sociology
relationship by birth or descent, or sometimes by marriage.
Category: Sociology
(adj.)having the same belief, attitude, or feeling.
associated by origin, nature, qualities, etc.
related by birth or descent.
Category: Sociology

Origin of kindred:

1125–75; ME, var. of kinrede

Princeton's WordNet

kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe(adj)
group of people related by blood or marriage
akin(p), kindred(adj)
similar in quality or character
"a feeling akin to terror"; "kindred souls"; "the amateur is closely related to the collector"
kindred(adj)
related by blood or marriage
"kindred clans"

Wiktionary

kindred(Noun)
A combination of extended family and religious group, of the u00C1satru00FA religious order in America.
kindred(Noun)
Distant and close relatives, collectively.
kindred(Noun)
Peoples of the same ethnic descent, not including speaker; brethren.
kindred(Adjective)
Of the same nature.

Origin: From kindrede, alteration (with epenthetic d) of kinrede, cunreden, from cynred, cynræden, from cynn + -ræden, equivalent to . More at kin.

Webster Dictionary

Kindred(noun)
relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity; affinity; kin
Kindred(noun)
relatives by blood or marriage, more properly the former; relations; persons related to each other
Kindred(adj)
related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as, kindred souls; kindred skies; kindred propositions