agnate.
A relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family.
Meaning & usage
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.
Any paternal male relative.
A statement having a similar meaning to another, but a different structure.
Where this word comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin agnātus (“paternal kinsman”).
Related to someone by male connections or on the paternal side of the family.
allied; akin
Having a similar semantic meaning.
Where this word comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin agnātus (“paternal kinsman”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.