"Klan" meaning in English

See Klan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /klæn/ Audio: En-us-clan.ogg Forms: the Klan [canonical]
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 Categories (topical): Ku Klux Klan Synonyms: klan Derived forms: Klandom, Klansman, Klanswoman
    Sense id: en-Klan-en-name-0bTvCFJU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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          "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:",
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          "ref": "2005, “We Major”, in Late Registration, performed by Kanye West ft. Really Doe and Nas:",
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