English-Portuguese translations for agnate

• agnado
• agnato

Definition of agnate

• A relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family
• Any paternal male relative
• Related to someone by male connections or on the paternal side of the family
• Having a similar semantic meaning

Examples

• A great grandfather is an agnate if he is your father’s father’s father.

Related words

• stagnate
• magnate
• oil magnate