Agnate Definition

ăgnāt
agnates
adjective
Related on or descended from the father's or male side.
American Heritage
Related through male descent or on the father's side.
Webster's New World
Coming from a common source; akin.
American Heritage
Akin.
Webster's New World
Related to someone by male connections or on the paternal side of the family.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
noun
agnates
A relative on the father's or male side only.
American Heritage
A relative through male descent or on the father's side.
Webster's New World

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

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

Any paternal male relative.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • patrilineal sib
  • patrisib
  • patrilineal kin
  • patrikin

Other Word Forms of Agnate

Noun

Singular:
agnate
Plural:
agnates

Origin of Agnate

  • Latin agnātus past participle of agnāscī to become an agnate ad- ad- nāscī to be born genə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • from Latin agnātus (“paternal kinsman”).

    From Wiktionary

Agnate Sentence Examples

  • There were tribes where the basis of kinship was agnate, but these were the exceptions.

  • One close agnate of K lineage was living in Ankara with an Ankara wife.

  • The grand duchy, being hereditary only in the male line, passed to the nearest agnate, the duke of Nassau.

  • The title of the sovereign is king of Bavaria, that of his presumptive heir is crown-prince of Bavaria, and during the minority or incapacity of the sovereign a regency is declared, which is vested in the nearest male agnate capable of ascending the throne.

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Words Starting With

AAGAGN

Words Ending With

ETEATE

Unscrambles

agnate

Words Starting With A and Ending With E

Starts With A & Ends With EStarts With AG & Ends With EStarts With A & Ends With TE

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With A6 Letter Words Ending With E