Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Kindred \Kin"dred\, n. [OE. kinrede, kynrede, kunreden (with
   excrescent d), fr. AS. cynn kin, race + the termination
   -r[=ae]den, akin to AS. r[=ae]dan to advise, G. rathen. Cf.
   {Hatred}.]
   1. Relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity;
      affinity; kin.

            Like her, of equal kindred to the throne. -- Dryden.

   2. Relatives by blood or marriage, more properly the former;
      relations; persons related to each other.

            I think there's no man is secure But the queen's
            kindred.                              --Shak.

   Syn: Kin; kinsfolk; relatives; kinsmen; relations;
        relationship; affinity.

Kindred \Kin"dred\, a.
   Related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as,
   kindred souls; kindred skies; kindred propositions.

         True to the kindred points of heaven and home.
                                                  --Wordsworth.

Source : WordNet®

kindred
     adj 1: similar or related in quality or character; "a feeling akin
            to terror"; "kindred souls"; "the amateur is closely
            related to the collector" [syn: {akin(p)}, {related}]
     2: related by blood or marriage; "kindred clans"
     n : group of people related by blood or marriage [syn: {kin}, {kin
         group}, {kinship group}, {clan}, {tribe}]