agnate

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.”

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

2. Any paternal male relative.
3. A statement having a similar meaning to another, but a different structure.

adj

1. Related to someone by male connections or on the paternal side of the family.
2. allied; akin

   “Assume more or less of a fictitious character, but congenial and agnate […] with the former.”

3. Having a similar semantic meaning.

   “[...] we can talk about a swim, a drink, a look, even though swim, drink and look can also show up as verbs in agnate clauses.”