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

- as a symbol of the clan's unity. Many societies' exogamy rules are on a clan basis, where all members of one's own clan, or the clans of both parents or...
- The Clan may refer to: A clan The Clan (Liberal Party of Australia), a group within the Liberal Party The Clan – Tale of the Frogs, 1984 Finnish film The...
- Scottish clan (from Scottish Gaelic clann, literally 'children', more broadly 'kindred') is a kinship group among the Scottish people. Clans give a sense...
- 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...
- FaZe Clan, or simply FaZe, is a professional esports and entertainment brand. Founded on May 30, 2010, as FaZe Sniping, the organization has professional...
- The Golers are a clan of poor, rural families in Canada, on Nova Scotia's South Mountain, near Wolfville, known for inter-generational poverty and the...
- Clan MacLennan, also known as Siol Ghillinnein, is a Highland Scottish clan which historically po****ted lands in the north-west of Scotland. The surname...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...