Clan
[klæn]
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) A clique; a sect, society, or body of persons; esp., a body of persons united by some common interest or pursuit; -- sometimes used contemptuously.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Race, tribe, family.[2]. Clique, COTERIE, set, gang, brotherhood, fraternity, sodality.
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Definition
n. a tribe or collection of families subject to a single chieftain bearing the same surname and supposed to have a common ancestor: a clique sect: a collective name for a number of persons or things.—adj. Clan′nish closely united like the members of a clan.—adv. Clan′nishly.—ns. Clan′nishness; Clan′ship association of families under a chieftain: feeling of loyalty to a clan; Clans′man a member of a clan.
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Examples
- Very far they rode that night, and in the morning he stopped outside the lands of his clan, and dismounted beside a sandy river. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The little state was ruled by a family, the Sakya clan, of which this man, Siddhattha Gautama, was a member. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Siddhattha was his personal name, like Caius or John; Gautama, or G?tama, his family name, like C?sar or Smith; Sakya his clan name, like Julius. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mrs. Welland exclaimed when her mother's last plan was hinted to her; and from this unthinkable indecency the clan recoiled with a collective shudder. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- This IS a gathering of the clans. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Man was now living in clans and tribal communities. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Some of the chief Rajput clans of to-day in Rajputana in North India are descended, it is said, from these White Huns. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- These clans and communities clashed; they took each other's grazing land, they sought to rob each other; there began a new thing in human life, _war_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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