Definition of Clan. Meaning of Clan. Synonyms of Clan

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Definition of Clan

Clan
Clan Clan, n. [Gael. clann offspring, descendants; akin to Ir. clann, cland, offspring, tribe, family; perh. from L. plania scion, slip, cutting. Cf. Plant, n.] 1. 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. ``I have marshaled my clan.' --Campbell. 2. 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. --Smolett. The whole clan of the enlightened among us. --Burke.

Meaning of Clan from wikipedia

- A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, a clan may claim descent from a founding...
- Scottish clan (from Scottish Gaelic clann, literally 'children', more broadly 'kindred') is a kinship group among the Scottish people. Clans give a sense...
- The Tokugawa clan (Shinjitai: 徳川氏, Kyūjitai: 德川氏, Tokugawa-shi or Tokugawa-uji) is a ****anese dynasty which produced the Tokugawa shoguns who ruled ****an...
- Wu-Tang Clan is an American hip hop collective formed in Staten Island, New York City, in 1992. Its members include RZA, GZA, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface...
- The Toyotomi clan (****anese: shinjitai: 豊臣氏 / kyujitai: 豐臣氏, Hepburn: Toyotomi-shi) was a ****anese clan that ruled over the ****anese before the Edo period...
- shogunates following the Heian era. The Minamoto was one of the four great clans that dominated ****anese politics during the Heian period in ****anese history—the...
- This is a list of ****anese clans. The old clans (gōzoku) mentioned in the Nihon Shoki and Kojiki lost their political power before the Heian period, during...
- Tomar clan may refer to clan of various Indian and ****stani communities: Tomar (Jat clan) Tomar (Rajput clan) Tomar (surname) Tomar (disambiguation)...
- The Oda clan (****anese: 織田氏, Hepburn: Oda-shi) is a ****anese samurai family who were daimyo and an important political force in the unification of ****an...
- are: Clan Macdonald of Sleat, Clan Macdonald of Clanranald, Clan MacDonell of Glengarry, Clan MacDonald of Keppoch, Clan MacDonald of Glencoe, and Clan MacAlister...