clan

clan  (kln)

n.

1. A traditional social unit in the Scottish Highlands, consisting of a number of families claiming a common ancestor and following the same hereditary chieftain.

2. A division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor.

3. A large group of relatives, friends, or associates.

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[Middle English, from Scottish Gaelic clann, family, from Old Irish cland, offspring, from Latin planta, plant, sprout; see plat- in Indo-European roots.]

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clan [klæn]

n

1. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) a group of people interrelated by ancestry or marriage

2. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) a group of families with a common surname and a common ancestor, acknowledging the same leader, esp among the Scots and the Irish

3. a group of people united by common characteristics, aims, or interests

[from Scottish Gaelic clann family, descendants, from Latin planta sprout, plant¹]

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Clan a social group of common descent; a collection of animals, plants, or lifeless things; a body of persons with a common interest. See also set, society.

Examples: clan o’ bairns [‘children’], 1855; of the enlightened, 1790; of false traitors, 1552; of hounds, 1735.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

clan - group of people related by blood or marriage kin group, kindred, kinship group, kin, tribe social group - people sharing some social relation mishpachah, mishpocha - (Yiddish) the entire family network of relatives by blood or marriage (and sometimes close friends); "she invited the whole mishpocha" family unit, family - primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family" folks - your parents; "he wrote to his folks every day" family tree, genealogy - successive generations of kin totem - a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object Tribes of Israel, Twelve Tribes of Israel - twelve kin groups of ancient Israel each traditionally descended from one of the twelve sons of Jacob relative, relation - a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey" clan member, clansman, clanswoman - a member of a clan tribesman - someone who lives in a tribe

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clan

noun

1. family, house, group, order, race, society, band, tribe, sept, fraternity, brotherhood, sodality A clash had taken place between rival clans.

2. group, set, crowd, circle, crew (informal), gang, faction, coterie, schism, cabal a powerful clan of industrialists from Monterrey

Translations

clan [klæn] N (also fig) → clan m

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clan [ˈklæn] n → clan m

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clan

n (lit, fig) → Clan m

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clan [klæn] n → clan m inv

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clan [klæn] n → clan m inv

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clan

n clan [klӕn]

a tribe or group of families (especially Scottish) under a single chief, usually all having one surname. stam عَشيرَه، قَبيلَه клан klan, rod klan die Sippe φάρα, φατρία clan klann خاندان؛ طایفه klaani clan שֶׁבֶט जाति klan, rod klán klan, marga ættflokkasamtök clan 一族 씨족 klanas klans; ģints suku kaum clan klan, ætt, stamme klan clA clan клан; род klan pleme, rodbina klan klan กลุ่มคนที่สนใจในเรื่องเดียวกัน kabile, klan 蘇格蘭高地人的氏族，部族 клан, рід قبیلہ ، نسل thị tộc 苏格兰高地人的氏族，部族