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Clan

Clan Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Clan? [n] group of people related by blood or marriage Synonyms \| Synonyms for Clan: kin \| kin group \| kindred \| kinship group \| tribe Related Terms \| Find terms related to Clan: animal kingdom \| ashram \| band \| blood \| body \| bracket \| branch \| brand \| breed \| brood \| brotherhood \| bunch \| cabal \| cadre \| camarilla \| camp \| cast \| caste \| category \| cell \| character \| charmed circle \| circle \| class \| clique \| closed circle \| colony \| color \| commonwealth \| commune \| community \| coterie \| crew \| crowd \| deme \| denomination \| description \| designation \| division \| dynasty \| economic class \| elite \| elite group \| endogamous group \| estate \| extended family \| faction \| family \| feather \| fellowship \| folk \| form \| fraternity \| gang \| genre \| gens \| genus \| grade \| grain \| group \| grouping \| head \| heading \| house \| ilk \| ingroup \| inner circle \| junta \| junto \| kidney \| kin \| kind \| kindred \| kinship group \| label \| level \| line \| lineage \| lot \| make \| manner \| mark \| matriclan \| mob \| moiety \| mold \| nation \| nature \| nuclear family \| number \| order \| outfit \| party \| patriclan \| people \| persuasion \| phratria \| phratry \| phyle \| phylum \| pigeonhole \| plant kingdom \| position \| predicament \| race \| rank \| rating \| ring \| rubric \| section \| sept \| set \| settlement \| shape \| sly \| social class \| society \| sort \| species \| stamp \| station \| status \| stem \| stirps \| stock \| strain \| stratum \| stripe \| style \| subcaste \| subdivision \| subgroup \| suborder \| the like of \| the likes of \| title \| totem \| tribe \| type \| variety \| we-group See Also \| clan member \| clansman \| clanswoman \| family \| family tree \| family unit \| folks \| genealogy \| relation \| relative \| social group \| totem \| Tribes of Israel \| tribesman \| Twelve Tribes of Israel Clan In Webster's Dictionary \Clan\, n. [Gael. clann offspring, descendants; akin to Ir. clann, cland, offspring, tribe, family; perh. from L. plania scion, slip, cutting. Cf. {Plant}, n.] 1. A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the clan of Macdonald. ``I have marshaled my clan.'' --Campbell. 2. A clique; a sect, society, or body of persons; esp., a body of persons united by some common interest or pursuit; -- sometimes used contemptuously. Partidge and the rest of his clan may hoot me. --Smolett. The whole clan of the enlightened among us. --Burke.

Clan Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Clan?

[n] group of people related by blood or marriage

Clan In Webster's Dictionary

\Clan\, n. [Gael. clann offspring, descendants; akin to Ir.
clann, cland, offspring, tribe, family; perh. from L. plania
scion, slip, cutting. Cf. {Plant}, n.]
1. A tribe or collection of families, united under a
   chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor,
   and bearing the same surname; as, the clan of Macdonald.
   ``I have marshaled my clan.'' --Campbell.

2. A clique; a sect, society, or body of persons; esp., a
   body of persons united by some common interest or pursuit;
   -- sometimes used contemptuously.

         Partidge and the rest of his clan may hoot me.
                                               --Smolett.

         The whole clan of the enlightened among us. --Burke.

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