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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Kindred \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: kindred adj 1: similar or related in quality or character; "a feeling akin to terror"; "kindred souls"; "the amateur is closely related to the collector" [syn: {akin(p)}, {related}] 2: related by blood or marriage; "kindred clans" n : group of people related by blood or marriage [syn: {kin}, {kin group}, {kinship group}, {clan}, {tribe}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Kindred, ND (city, FIPS 42780) Location: 46.65093 N, 97.02106 W Population (1990): 569 (246 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58051
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