KINDRED

kindred. Kindred, n. relation, affinity, relatives, a class

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Kin″dred (?), n. [[OE. kinrede, kynrede, kunreden (with excrescent d), fr. AS. cynn kin, race + the termination -rǣden, akin to AS. rǣdan to advise, G. rathen. Cf. Hatred.]] 1. 1. Relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity; affinity; kin.
Like her, of equal kindred to the throne. Dryden. 2. 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.