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Meaning of ILK

Pronunciation:  ilk

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a kind of person; "I don't like people of his ilk"
 
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 See Also: form, kind, sort, variety

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ilk\, a. [Scot. ilk, OE. ilke the same, AS. ilca. Cf.
{Each}.]
Same; each; every. [Archaic] --Spenser.
{Of that ilk}, denoting that a person's surname and the title
   of his estate are the same; as, Grant of that ilk, i.e.,
   Grant of Grant. --Jamieson.
 
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