agnate

Definitions

1. A relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family.
2. Any paternal male relative.
3. A statement having a similar meaning to another, but a different structure.

Equivalents

Examples

“A great-grandfather is an agnate if he is your father’s father’s father.”

“Men accuse agnates of their own⟳ generation of bewitching them.”

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