What does kindred mean?
Definitions for kindred
ˈkɪn drɪdkin·dred
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word kindred.
Princeton's WordNet
kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribeadjective
group of people related by blood or marriage
akin(p), kindredadjective
similar in quality or character
"a feeling akin to terror"; "kindred souls"; "the amateur is closely related to the collector"
kindredadjective
related by blood or marriage
"kindred clans"
Wiktionary
kindrednoun
A combination of extended family and religious group, of the Ásatrú religious order in America.
kindrednoun
Distant and close relatives, collectively.
kindrednoun
Peoples of the same ethnic descent, not including speaker; brethren.
kindredadjective
Of the same nature.
Etymology: From kindrede, alteration (with epenthetic d) of kinrede, cunreden, from cynred, cynræden, from cynn + -ræden, equivalent to. More at kin.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Kindredadjective
Congeneal; related; cognate.
From Tuscan Coritum he claim’d his birth;
But after, when exempt from mortal earth,
From thence ascended to his kindred skies
A god. Dryden.Kindrednoun
Etymology: from kin; cynrene , Saxon
Like her, of equal kindred to the throne,
You keep her conquests, and extend your own. Dryden.His horse hipp’d with an old mothy saddle, and the stirrups of no kindred. William Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew.
I think there is no man secure
But the queen’s kindred. William Shakespeare, Richard III.Nor needs thy juster title the foul guilt
Of Eastern kings, who, to secure their reign,
Must have their brothers, sons, and kindred slain. Denham.
ChatGPT
kindred
Kindred refers to one's family and relatives, or people who share a similar and often close relationship. It can also refer to something that has a similar or related nature, origin, or character to another entity.
Webster Dictionary
Kindrednoun
relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity; affinity; kin
Kindrednoun
relatives by blood or marriage, more properly the former; relations; persons related to each other
Kindredadjective
related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as, kindred souls; kindred skies; kindred propositions
Wikidata
Kindred
In the Heathen movements, a kindred is a local worship group and organizational unit. Other terms used are hearth, theod, blotgroup, sippe, and other less popular ones such as garth, stead, church, and others. Kindreds are usually grassroots groups, most of which are independent from any other organization. Rarely through, a kindred may be affiliated with a national organization such as the Ásatrú Alliance, or The Troth, rather than the Swedish Forn Sed Assembly or the Odinic Rite. Independent kindreds are more typical within the US than elsewhere.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Kindred
kin′dred, n. relationship by blood, less properly, by marriage: relatives: (pl., B.) families.—adj. related: congenial. [M. E. kinrede—A.S. cynn, kin, and the suffix -ræden, expressing mode or state.]
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
KINDRED
From Eng. _kin_, meaning relation, and _dread_, meaning fear; fearful relations.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
KINDRED
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Kindred is ranked #7026 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Kindred surname appeared 4,763 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Kindred.
66.3% or 3,161 total occurrences were White.
27.6% or 1,317 total occurrences were Black.
2.5% or 120 total occurrences were of two or more races.
2.2% or 106 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
0.6% or 30 total occurrences were Asian.
0.6% or 29 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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Anagrams for kindred »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of kindred in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of kindred in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of kindred in a Sentence
Conservatives and liberals are kindred spirits as far as government spending is concerned. ... Since government has no resources of its own, and since there’s no Tooth Fairy handing Congress the funds for the programs it enacts, we are forced to recognize that government spending is no less than the confiscation of one person’s property to give it to another to whom it does not belong -- in effect, legalized theft.
Lost money is bewailed with deeper sighs Than friends, or kindred, and with louder cries.
It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.
We cannot destroy kindred: Our chains stretch a little sometimes, but they never break.
Happiness is a sunbeam, Which may pass through a thousand bosoms Without losing a particle of its original ray Nay, when it strikes on a kindred heart, Like the converged light on a mirror, It reflects itself with redoubled brightness. It is not perfected till it is shared.
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- عشيرArabic
- sagaCatalan, Valencian
- beslægtetDanish
- VerwandtschaftGerman
- parientesSpanish
- اقوامPersian
- sukulais-Finnish
- tribu, parentéFrench
- आत्मीयHindi
- בָּשָׂרHebrew
- 혈연Korean
- eroque tecumLatin
- gelijkaardig, verwanten, soortgenotenDutch
- slektNorwegian
- krewniPolish
- semelhante, parentescoPortuguese
- родственныйRussian
- släktSwedish
- இனத்தையும்Tamil
- קרויוויםYiddish
- 亲属Chinese
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