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1.nounOne of a number of things allied in origin or nature.
2.nounOne who is related to another on the female side.
3.nounOne who is related to another, both having descended from a common ancestor through legal marriages.
4.nounA word either descended from the same base word of the same ancestor language as the given word, or strongly believed to be a regular reflex of the same reconstructed root of proto-language as the given word.