Thesaurus: agnate

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1. a. Related or akin by the father's side; also, sprung from the same male ancestor.
2. a. Allied; akin.
3. n. A relative whose relationship can be traced exclusively through males.
4. adj. related on the father's side
5. n. one related on the father's side
6. 1. Related or akin by the father's side; also, sprung from the same male ancestor. 2. Allied; akin. "Agnate words." Pownall. Assume more or less of a fictitious character, but congenial and agnate with the former. Landor. A relative whose relationship can be traced exclusively through males.
7. A relative whose relationship can be traced exclusively throughmales.
8. n:100 n. one related on the father's side s. related on the father's side