Definition of "agnate" in English

noun

1. 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.

2. Any paternal male relative.

3. (linguistics) A statement having a similar meaning to another, but a different structure.

adjective

1. Related to someone by male connections or on the paternal side of the family.

2. allied; akin

3. (linguistics) Having a similar semantic meaning.