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Agnate
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A relative whose relationship can be traced exclusively through males.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
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.