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Meaning of agnate

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

agnate

Pronunciation:/ˈæɡneɪt/

noun

Definitions

  1. A relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family.

    Example: A great grandfather is an agnate if he is your father’s father’s father.

  2. Any paternal male relative.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Related to someone by male connections or on the paternal side of the family.

  2. Allied; akin

  3. Having a similar semantic meaning.