kindred
noun
kindreds
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pluralof kindred.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Come with me as I follow this host of real-deal Dallas kindreds.
From Southern Living ● Sep. 16, 2010
Defend our liberties, and fashion into one united people the multitudes brought hither out of many kindreds and tongues.
From Time Magazine Archive
Never again shall there be any such league of Elves and Men; for Men multiply and the Firstborn decrease, and the two kindreds are estranged.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
The thing that most strengthens their courage is the fact that their troops are not made up of bodies of men chosen by mere chance, but are arranged by families and kindreds.
From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Frederic Austin Ogg
The sleeper awoke,—wide awake all at once, as it behoves the wild kindreds to be.
From The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
