"Klan" meaning in All languages combined

See Klan on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

IPA: /klæn/ Audio: En-us-clan.ogg Forms: the Klan [canonical], klan [alternative]
Rhymes: -æn Etymology: Ellipsis of Ku Klux Klan. Etymology templates: {{ellipsis|en|Ku Klux Klan}} Ellipsis of Ku Klux Klan Head templates: {{en-prop|head=the Klan}} the Klan
  1. Ku Klux Klan Derived forms: Klandom, Klansman, Klanswoman

Noun [German]

Audio: De-Klan.ogg
Rhymes: -aːn Head templates: {{de-noun|m,,s}} Klan m (strong, genitive Klans, plural Klans) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,,s}} Forms: Klans [genitive], Klans [plural], strong [table-tags], Klan [nominative, singular], Klans [definite, nominative, plural], Klans [genitive, singular], Klans [definite, genitive, plural], Klan [dative, singular], Klans [dative, definite, plural], Klan [accusative, singular], Klans [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. Alternative spelling of Clan Tags: alt-of, alternative, masculine, strong Alternative form of: Clan

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "1": "en",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ellipsis of Ku Klux Klan.",
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        },
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        },
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
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          "orig": "en:Ku Klux Klan",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Klandom"
        },
        {
          "word": "Klansman"
        },
        {
          "word": "Klanswoman"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              67,
              71
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944, →OCLC, part IV, page 745:",
          "text": "The soldiers made arrests right and left, swearing to wipe out the Klan if they had to put every white man in Atlanta in jail.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              19
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2005, “We Major”, in Late Registration, performed by Kanye West ft. Really Doe and Nas:",
          "text": "I ain't in the Klan, but I brought my hood with me",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Ku Klux Klan"
      ],
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          "Ku Klux Klan",
          "Ku Klux Klan"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/klæn/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "homophone": "clan"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Klan"
}

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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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        "plural"
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    },
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    },
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klans",
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
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          "word": "Clan"
        }
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    }
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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    }
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    },
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              15,
              19
            ]
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          "text": "I ain't in the Klan, but I brought my hood with me",
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      ],
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        "Ku Klux Klan"
      ],
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          "Ku Klux Klan",
          "Ku Klux Klan"
        ]
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      "ipa": "/klæn/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "homophone": "clan"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Klan"
}

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    },
    {
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "strong",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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    },
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    },
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        "plural"
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    },
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    },
    {
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    },
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    },
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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    },
    {
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  ],
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}

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