• enPR ˈkĭndrĭd, IPA: /ˈkɪndɹɪd/, /ˈkɪndɹəd/

kindred (plural kindreds)

1. (often, plural only) Distant and close relatives, collectively; kin.
2. (often, plural only) People of the same ethnic descent, not including speaker; brethren.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Rev 1:7 ↗:

     *Behold he commeth with clouds, and euery eye ſhal ſee him,and they alſo which pearced him: and all kinreds of the earth ſhall waıle becauſe of him: euen ſo. Amen.

3. (countable) A grouping of relatives.
   • c. 1593, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene i]:

     Cla. By heauen, I thinke there is no man ſecure / But the Queenes Kindred, and night-walking Heralds,{{...}

4. (uncountable) Blood relationship.
5. (uncountable) Affinity, likeness.
6. (countable, paganism) A household or group following the modern pagan faith of Heathenry or Ásatrú.

   Synonyms: hearth, garth, stead

• (people of same ethnic descent) brethren, kinship

• French: tribu
• German: Stammesbrüder, Stammesgeschwister, Artgenossen
• Spanish: etnia

kindred (plural kindreds)

kindred (not comparable)

1. Of the same nature, or of similar character.
   • 1924, Aristotle, Metaphysics ↗, translated by W. D. Ross, Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001, book 1, part 1.

     We have said in the Ethics what the difference is between art and science and the other kindred faculties;

2. Connected, related, cognate, akin.

   kindred tongues

• See also Thesaurus:akin

• German: verwandt, gleichartig, ähnlich
• Italian: affine
• Portuguese: semelhante
• Russian: ро́дственный

1. Surname
2. A city/and/town in North Dakota.