kindred
noun/ˈkɪndrəd/
/ˈkɪndrəd/
(old-fashioned or formal)- [plural] your family and relatives compare kin
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- [uncountable] the fact of being related to another person
- ties of kindred
Word OriginMiddle English: from kin + -red (from Old English rǣden ‘condition’), with insertion of -d- in the modern spelling through phonetic development (as in thunder).
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