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Related or akin by the father's side; also, sprung from the same male ancestor; as, agnate brother: a brother having the same father, but a different mother; in ths sense it is a correlative of uterine.
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Allied; akin.
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A relative whose relationship can be traced exclusively through males.
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Related on the Father’s side.
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a kinsman with whom one has a common ancestor by descent in unbroken male line
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