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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: clan n : group of people related by blood or marriage [syn: {kin}, {kin group}, {kinship group}, {kindred}, {tribe}]
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