I. ˈkindrə̇d noun
( plural kindred ; see sense 1a )
Etymology: Middle English kinrede, kindrede, from kin (I) + -rede (from Old English rǣden condition, rule, estimation, from rǣdan to advise, rule, guess, read) — more at read
1.
a. plural kindreds : a natural grouping : people , population
every kindred , every tribe on this terrestrial ball — Edward Perronet
among the winter-scourged kindreds — C.G.D.Roberts
b.
(1) : a group of related individuals : family , clan
the kindred has an organic quality; what happens to the individual member is felt by the whole group — A.D.Rees
(2) : relatives
if his kindred still remain to him — Alexis de Tocqueville
c. : a genealogical group : lineage
study the incidence of cancer among members of a kindred
2. archaic
a. : relationship by blood or marriage : kinship
a secret match … raised him to kindred with the throne — J.R.Green
b. : possession of similar qualities : affinity
thy kindred with the great of old — Alfred Tennyson
II. adjective
1.
a. : of an allied nature : similar
pamphlets of a kindred sort — G.C.Sellery
an auditorium for concerts, lectures, and kindred events
b. : having common qualities or stemming from the same source : congenial , related
kindred spirit
kindred arts of music, painting and letters — Elinor Wylie
kindred Germanic languages
sound waves … penetrate to the listener's inner ear and there set up kindred vibrations — Charlton Laird
2. archaic
a. : of the same ancestry : cognate
countries … already occupied by their kindred tribes — Edward Gibbon
b. : of, relating to, or done by a kinsman
what kindred crime … am I decreed to expiate — Tobias Smollett