Definition of agnates Agnates
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What does agnates mean?
Wiktionary 
- agnates (Noun)
Plural of agnate.
Part of speech
đ¤- agnates, noun, plural of agnate.
WordNet
NounPlural: agnates |
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| agnate - one related on the father's side | ||
| patrikin, patrilineal kin, patrisib, patrilineal sib | ||
| relative, relation an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) | ||
Adjectiveagnate, agnater, agnatest |
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| agnate - related on the father's side; "a paternal aunt" | ||
| agnatic, paternal | ||
| related connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary đ
- agnate (a.)
Related or akin by the father's side; also, sprung from the same male ancestor. - agnate (a.)
Allied; akin. - agnate (n.)
A relative whose relationship can be traced exclusively through males.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ί
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agnate
Genealogy: A blood relative in the male line.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary đ
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agnate
agâ˛nÄt, adj. related on the father's side: allied.ân. a relation by the father's side.âadjs. Agnatâ˛ic, Agnatâ˛ical.âadv. Agnatâ˛ically.ân. AgnÄâ˛tion. [L. agnat-usâad, to, nasci, to be born. See Cognate.]
Part of speech
đ¤- agnate, noun, singular of agnates.
- agnate, adjective.
