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

Noun

1. a group of families with a common surname and a common ancestor, esp. among Scottish Highlanders

2. an extended family related by ancestry or marriage: America's leading political clan, the Kennedys

3. a group of people with common characteristics, aims, or interests [Scottish Gaelic clann]

clansman n

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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, ainga N.Z. ngai or ngati N.Z.

noun 2. group, set, crowd, circle, crew (informal) gang, faction, coterie, schism, cabal

Translations

clan [klæn] n → clan m

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clan [klæn] n → clan m

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clan [klæn] n → Clan m

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clan [klæn] n → clan m inv