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Clan vs. Klan

Difference Between Clan and Klan

Clan

A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clan members may be organized around a founding member or apical ancestor.
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Klan

the Ku Klux Klan or a large organization within it.
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Clan

a close-knit group of interrelated families, especially in the Scottish Highlands
the clan Macleod
civil strife has followed as rival clans jockey for power
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Klan

The Ku Klux Klan.
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Clan

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

alternative case form of Klan
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Clan

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

a secret society of white Southerners in the United States; was formed in the 19th century to resist the emancipation of slaves; used terrorist tactics to suppress Black people
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Clan

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

(anthropology) A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known.
descent group
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Clan

A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain
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Clan

Any group defined by family ties with some sort of political unity.
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Clan

(video games) A group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games.
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Clan

A badger colony.
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Clan

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.
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Clan

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.
The whole clan of the enlightened among us.
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Clan

group of people related by blood or marriage
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