Definition of clan Clan
/klæˈn/ - [klan] - clan
We found 12 definitions of clan from 8 different sources.
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What does clan mean?
WordNet
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| clan - group of people related by blood or marriage | ||
| kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, tribe | ||
| social group people sharing some social relation | ||
| mishpachah, mishpocha (Yiddish) the entire family network of relatives by blood or marriage (and sometimes close friends); "she invited the whole mishpocha" | ||
| family unit, family primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family" | ||
| folks your parents; "he wrote to his folks every day" | ||
| family tree, genealogy the study or investigation of ancestry and family history | ||
| totem emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant; serves as the symbol of a family or clan (especially among American Indians) | ||
| tribes of israel, twelve tribes of israel twelve kin groups of ancient Israel each traditionally descended from one of the twelve sons of Jacob | ||
| relative, relation an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) | ||
| clan member, clansman, clanswoman a member of a clan | ||
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Wiktionary 
- clan (Noun)
A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief. - clan (Noun)
A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain. - clan (Noun)
Any association of people behaving clannishly. - clan (Noun)
A group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- clan (n.)
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. - clan (n.)
A clique; a sect, society, or body of persons; esp., a body of persons united by some common interest or pursuit; -- sometimes used contemptuously.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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clan
Extended family.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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clan
klan, n. a tribe or collection of families subject to a single chieftain, bearing the same surname, and supposed to have a common ancestor: a clique, sect: a collective name for a number of persons or things.—adj. Clan′nish, closely united, like the members of a clan.—adv. Clan′nishly.—ns. Clan′nishness; Clan′ship, association of families under a chieftain: feeling of loyalty to a clan; Clans′man, a member of a clan. [Gael. clann, offspring, tribe—L. planta, a shoot.]
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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clan
A family's tribe or brotherhood; a word much used in Scotland. The head of the clan; the chief: an allusion to a story of a Scotchman, who, when a very large louse crept down his arm, put him back again, saying he was the head of the clan, and that, if injured, all the rest would resent it.
Wikipedia 
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A clan is a group of people who - following a tradition - belong to the same kin.
The easiest way to describe them is as sub-groups of tribes. Usually they form groups of 7000 to 10,000 people.
Part of speech
🔤- clan, noun, singular of clans.
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