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clan::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | kin, kin group, kindred, kinship group, tribe |
| Type of | social group |
| Has types | twelve tribes of israel, folks, genealogy, mishpachah, mishpocha, totem, tribes of israel, family, family tree, family unit |
Examples of clan
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Now hiding in Berlin, he tries to help those whom the clan has marked for death.
From the kentucky.com
Troops Saturday took into custody Andal Amaptuan Sr., the patriarch of the clan.
From the online.wsj.com
Formally, Wolfgang Porsche now held the most important position within the clan.
From the businessweek.com
A day, a weekend or a week spent in the fresh air may invigorate the whole clan.
From the dallasnews.com
She seemed modest and unsure of her place in such an intimidating clan at first.
From the independent.co.uk
You know that when you launch the thing Shayna from your WoW clan will be there.
From the techcrunch.com
Okonkwo's clan are farmers, their complex society a patriarchal, democratic one.
From the guardian.co.uk
Such compromises are aimed at keeping the peace between families or clan groups.
From the post-gazette.com
This clan is led by Ismail Jurabekov, the country's first deputy prime minister.
From the economist.com
- Kin: group of people related by blood or marriage
- A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if actual lineage patterns are unknown, clan members may nonetheless recognize a founding member or apical ancestor. ...
- The Clan Crusader was a fibreglass monocoque British sports car based on running gear from the Hillman Imp Sport, including its Coventry Climax derived rear mounted 875 cc engine. ...
- In computer and video gaming, a clan or a guild is a group of players that play online games together. They may play against other clans via matches or challenges, also known as scrims (scrimmages) and wars. ...
- In White Wolf Game Studio's role-playing games about vampires, a clan (often spelled Clan, in uppercase) is a group of vampires joined by blood relations (i.e. the vampiric equivalent of an extended family or lineage). ...
- The Clan was a collective name for a group of Motown composers R. Dean Taylor, Frank Wilson, Pam Sawyer and Deke Richards assembled to replace super trio Holland-Dozier-Holland who had just left the label by late 1967. ...
- (Clans (Battletech)) In the BattleTech universe, Clans are fictional peoples.
- A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief; A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain; Any association of people behaving clannishly; A group of players who habitually play on the same team in ...
- (CLANS) During the fall of the Star League, General Aleksander Kerensky, commander of the Regular Star League Army, led his forces out of the Inner Sphere in what is known as the first Exodus. ...
