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Definition of ilk noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

ilk

noun

/ɪlk/

/ɪlk/

[usually singular] (sometimes disapproving)

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type; kind
- the world of media people and their ilk
- I can't stand him, or any others of that ilk.
Word OriginOld English ilca ‘same’, of Germanic origin; related to alike.

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