Definition of clan in English:

clan

noun klanklæn

1A close-knit group of interrelated families, especially in the Scottish Highlands.
（尤指苏格兰高地的）氏族，部落
the clan Macleod
civil strife has followed as rival clans jockey for power
Example sentencesExamples
- However, these villages' customary landowner clans refused the dam's construction, outlining several reasons.
- But the strong tradition of upholding the clan makes for mutual support and a sharing and egalitarian instinct.
- People of the same clan claim a common totem (dodem, do daim, or do dam), the symbol of a living creature.
- They descended from clans in present-day Guangxi province after the fall of the Han Dynasty in AD 220.
- Tartan ties, scarves and even a map of the Scottish clans filled the window of the shop.
- The clans have loosely defined territories, and prolonged wars, often spanning generations, were once common between clans.
- Land ownership was nonexistant in the Arabian desert, instead there was collective control over the oases, pastures, and wells, and mostly the stronger clans controlled the best territories.
- Formal education used to be of little significance among ruling and landowning Rajput clans.
- Persons with different surnames may share a common clan name, revealing a relationship along the lineage.
- Other Rajput clans trace their ancestry to the Sun or Moon.
- Outside the immediate family, the lineage and the clan are the most common descent groups.
- The Scottish have used tartan patterns for centuries to identify the clan, family or regiment with which the wearer is associated.
- In addition, nearly every Rajput clan has its own patron god to whom it turns for protection.
- Where I'm from, my family had to hide from rival Somalia clans.
- "Kaya, watch your mouth, you're talking to your clan leader!
- The new clan chieftain was announced out of an initial 10 nominees.
- Highland society in general, however, was organized into that most celebrated of Scottish institutions, the clan.
- The Tang Dynasty appointed local clan chieftains to govern for them.
- Since the early 1990s, Somalia has suffered from a civil war between rival clans.
- Let us go back in time where Scottish tartan denoted the clan you belonged too.
Synonyms
group of families, sept, gens
1. 1.1 A large family.
  家族
  the Watts clan is one of racing's oldest families
  沃茨家族是赛马历史最悠久的家族之一。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I'm not alone in my interest in the Osbourne clan.
  This member of the Miller clan had no interest in seeing the view from his cousins' perspective.
  The entire Wade clan was gathered there, including Devon, who was entertaining himself with the terrier.
  She found the entire clan in the common room and she said down next to Chris.
  Each clan has its own little internal idiosyncrasies.
  The occasion was her birthday and the whole clan had gathered for the celebration.
  This year the Cohen clan may be spending Christmas a little bit closer to home.
  The whole family will be reunited in Marbella next week when the Masterson clan gathers in the villa.
  He shares his home in Tarzana, LA, with his two half-sisters and his stepfather (more on his complicated clan later).
  So when the extended clan gathers for the twins' eightieth birthday it is a necessarily complex arrangement.
  Romeo and Juliet had the visible force of warring clans to defeat their love.
  The company is owned by the extended Whitaker family, descended from the Johnson and Perrott clans that gave the business its name in 1910.
  But her son is a doctor, something the entire clan is very proud of.
  At least it has a classic story line - the offspring of two feuding clans falling in love and taking on the world together.
  Yet he has his own life, and it remains uncertain whether he will attend the next big Mortimer clan gathering in Long Island this Christmas.
  Synonyms
  group of families, sept, gens
2. 1.2 A group of people with a strong common interest.
  宗派，集团，帮派
  New York's garrulous clan of artists
  纽约爱饶舌的一群艺术家。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Yes, Elinor is the eccentric one of our little clan.
  He's always out with his little clan of jocks, anyways.
  The clan gather at the pub at 8pm and new members are always made welcome.
  Often it's a matter of conflicting interests with no resolution at a higher level than the interests - warring clans, greedy industries.
  Synonyms
  group, set, circle, clique, coterie, in-crowd, fraternity, brotherhood, community, society
  crowd, band, ring, crew
  faction
  informal gang, bunch
  rare sodality, confraternity

Derivatives

clanship

noun

It is one short step from parochial affiliations to local mafias that rely on clanship, clientalism, and identity politics.
Example sentencesExamples
- But correspondences quickly show through this prose-verse narrative, and the highest ideals of medieval European clanship are exploited in the story to reveal pulp fiction lives familiar as our own.
- A strong sense of clanship pervaded these villages, making men from other clans feel like interlopers.
- Especially in the province of Moray, there were also feudal groups which adopted clanship.
- These clans often include hundreds of thousands of people and apply their names to branches extending across ethnic boundaries, so that a blood relationship is not an organizing feature of clanship.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Scottish Gaelic clann 'offspring, family', from Old Irish cland, from Latin planta 'sprout'.

Clan is from Scottish Gaelic clann ‘offspring, family’, from Old Irish cland, derived from Latin planta ‘sprout’.

Rhymes

Aberfan, Adrianne, an, Anne, artisan, astrakhan, ban, began, Belmopan, bipartisan, bran, can, Cannes, Cézanne, Cheyenne, courtesan, cran, dan, Dayan, Diane, divan, élan, Elan, fan, flan, foreran, Fran, Friedan, Gell-Mann, gran, Han, Hunan, Ivan, Jan, Japan, Jinan, Joanne, Kazan, Klan, Kordofan, Lacan, Lausanne, Leanne, Limousin, Louvain, man, Mann, Marianne, Milan, Moran, nan, Oran, outran, outspan, Pan, panne, parmesan, partisan, pavane, pecan, Pétain, plan, Pusan, ran, rataplan, rattan, Rosanne, Sagan, Saipan, saran, scan, scran, sedan, span, spick-and-span, Spokane, Suzanne, Tainan, tan, than, tisane, trepan, van, vin, Wuhan, Xian, Yerevan, Yunnan, Zhongshan

Definition of clan in US English:

clan

nounklanklæn

1A group of close-knit and interrelated families (especially associated with families in the Scottish Highlands).
（尤指苏格兰高地的）氏族，部落
Example sentencesExamples
- People of the same clan claim a common totem (dodem, do daim, or do dam), the symbol of a living creature.
- Since the early 1990s, Somalia has suffered from a civil war between rival clans.
- In addition, nearly every Rajput clan has its own patron god to whom it turns for protection.
- Formal education used to be of little significance among ruling and landowning Rajput clans.
- However, these villages' customary landowner clans refused the dam's construction, outlining several reasons.
- Tartan ties, scarves and even a map of the Scottish clans filled the window of the shop.
- The Tang Dynasty appointed local clan chieftains to govern for them.
- "Kaya, watch your mouth, you're talking to your clan leader!
- The new clan chieftain was announced out of an initial 10 nominees.
- Let us go back in time where Scottish tartan denoted the clan you belonged too.
- Where I'm from, my family had to hide from rival Somalia clans.
- Outside the immediate family, the lineage and the clan are the most common descent groups.
- But the strong tradition of upholding the clan makes for mutual support and a sharing and egalitarian instinct.
- They descended from clans in present-day Guangxi province after the fall of the Han Dynasty in AD 220.
- Other Rajput clans trace their ancestry to the Sun or Moon.
- Highland society in general, however, was organized into that most celebrated of Scottish institutions, the clan.
- The Scottish have used tartan patterns for centuries to identify the clan, family or regiment with which the wearer is associated.
- The clans have loosely defined territories, and prolonged wars, often spanning generations, were once common between clans.
- Persons with different surnames may share a common clan name, revealing a relationship along the lineage.
- Land ownership was nonexistant in the Arabian desert, instead there was collective control over the oases, pastures, and wells, and mostly the stronger clans controlled the best territories.
Synonyms
group of families, sept, gens
1. 1.1 A family, especially a large one.
  the Kennedy clan gathered for the celebration
  Example sentencesExamples
  Yet he has his own life, and it remains uncertain whether he will attend the next big Mortimer clan gathering in Long Island this Christmas.
  The whole family will be reunited in Marbella next week when the Masterson clan gathers in the villa.
  The occasion was her birthday and the whole clan had gathered for the celebration.
  He shares his home in Tarzana, LA, with his two half-sisters and his stepfather (more on his complicated clan later).
  The entire Wade clan was gathered there, including Devon, who was entertaining himself with the terrier.
  This year the Cohen clan may be spending Christmas a little bit closer to home.
  I'm not alone in my interest in the Osbourne clan.
  The company is owned by the extended Whitaker family, descended from the Johnson and Perrott clans that gave the business its name in 1910.
  At least it has a classic story line - the offspring of two feuding clans falling in love and taking on the world together.
  This member of the Miller clan had no interest in seeing the view from his cousins' perspective.
  So when the extended clan gathers for the twins' eightieth birthday it is a necessarily complex arrangement.
  She found the entire clan in the common room and she said down next to Chris.
  But her son is a doctor, something the entire clan is very proud of.
  Each clan has its own little internal idiosyncrasies.
  Romeo and Juliet had the visible force of warring clans to defeat their love.
  Synonyms
  group of families, sept, gens
2. 1.2 A group of people with a strong common interest.
  宗派，集团，帮派
  New York's garrulous clan of artists
  纽约爱饶舌的一群艺术家。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The clan gather at the pub at 8pm and new members are always made welcome.
  Yes, Elinor is the eccentric one of our little clan.
  Often it's a matter of conflicting interests with no resolution at a higher level than the interests - warring clans, greedy industries.
  He's always out with his little clan of jocks, anyways.
  Synonyms
  group, set, circle, clique, coterie, in-crowd, fraternity, brotherhood, community, society

Origin

Late Middle English: from Scottish Gaelic clann ‘offspring, family’, from Old Irish cland, from Latin planta ‘sprout’.

词汇	clan
释义	Definition of clan in English: clan noun klanklæn 1A close-knit group of interrelated families, especially in the Scottish Highlands. （尤指苏格兰高地的）氏族，部落 the clan Macleod civil strife has followed as rival clans jockey for power Example sentencesExamples However, these villages' customary landowner clans refused the dam's construction, outlining several reasons. But the strong tradition of upholding the clan makes for mutual support and a sharing and egalitarian instinct. People of the same clan claim a common totem (dodem, do daim, or do dam), the symbol of a living creature. They descended from clans in present-day Guangxi province after the fall of the Han Dynasty in AD 220. Tartan ties, scarves and even a map of the Scottish clans filled the window of the shop. The clans have loosely defined territories, and prolonged wars, often spanning generations, were once common between clans. Land ownership was nonexistant in the Arabian desert, instead there was collective control over the oases, pastures, and wells, and mostly the stronger clans controlled the best territories. Formal education used to be of little significance among ruling and landowning Rajput clans. Persons with different surnames may share a common clan name, revealing a relationship along the lineage. Other Rajput clans trace their ancestry to the Sun or Moon. Outside the immediate family, the lineage and the clan are the most common descent groups. The Scottish have used tartan patterns for centuries to identify the clan, family or regiment with which the wearer is associated. In addition, nearly every Rajput clan has its own patron god to whom it turns for protection. Where I'm from, my family had to hide from rival Somalia clans. "Kaya, watch your mouth, you're talking to your clan leader! The new clan chieftain was announced out of an initial 10 nominees. Highland society in general, however, was organized into that most celebrated of Scottish institutions, the clan. The Tang Dynasty appointed local clan chieftains to govern for them. Since the early 1990s, Somalia has suffered from a civil war between rival clans. Let us go back in time where Scottish tartan denoted the clan you belonged too. Synonyms group of families, sept, gens 1.1 A large family. 家族 the Watts clan is one of racing's oldest families 沃茨家族是赛马历史最悠久的家族之一。 Example sentencesExamples I'm not alone in my interest in the Osbourne clan. This member of the Miller clan had no interest in seeing the view from his cousins' perspective. The entire Wade clan was gathered there, including Devon, who was entertaining himself with the terrier. She found the entire clan in the common room and she said down next to Chris. Each clan has its own little internal idiosyncrasies. The occasion was her birthday and the whole clan had gathered for the celebration. This year the Cohen clan may be spending Christmas a little bit closer to home. The whole family will be reunited in Marbella next week when the Masterson clan gathers in the villa. He shares his home in Tarzana, LA, with his two half-sisters and his stepfather (more on his complicated clan later). So when the extended clan gathers for the twins' eightieth birthday it is a necessarily complex arrangement. Romeo and Juliet had the visible force of warring clans to defeat their love. The company is owned by the extended Whitaker family, descended from the Johnson and Perrott clans that gave the business its name in 1910. But her son is a doctor, something the entire clan is very proud of. At least it has a classic story line - the offspring of two feuding clans falling in love and taking on the world together. Yet he has his own life, and it remains uncertain whether he will attend the next big Mortimer clan gathering in Long Island this Christmas. Synonyms group of families, sept, gens 1.2 A group of people with a strong common interest. 宗派，集团，帮派 New York's garrulous clan of artists 纽约爱饶舌的一群艺术家。 Example sentencesExamples Yes, Elinor is the eccentric one of our little clan. He's always out with his little clan of jocks, anyways. The clan gather at the pub at 8pm and new members are always made welcome. Often it's a matter of conflicting interests with no resolution at a higher level than the interests - warring clans, greedy industries. Synonyms group, set, circle, clique, coterie, in-crowd, fraternity, brotherhood, community, society crowd, band, ring, crew faction informal gang, bunch rare sodality, confraternity Derivatives clanship noun It is one short step from parochial affiliations to local mafias that rely on clanship, clientalism, and identity politics. Example sentencesExamples But correspondences quickly show through this prose-verse narrative, and the highest ideals of medieval European clanship are exploited in the story to reveal pulp fiction lives familiar as our own. A strong sense of clanship pervaded these villages, making men from other clans feel like interlopers. Especially in the province of Moray, there were also feudal groups which adopted clanship. These clans often include hundreds of thousands of people and apply their names to branches extending across ethnic boundaries, so that a blood relationship is not an organizing feature of clanship. Origin Late Middle English: from Scottish Gaelic clann 'offspring, family', from Old Irish cland, from Latin planta 'sprout'. Clan is from Scottish Gaelic clann ‘offspring, family’, from Old Irish cland, derived from Latin planta ‘sprout’. Rhymes Aberfan, Adrianne, an, Anne, artisan, astrakhan, ban, began, Belmopan, bipartisan, bran, can, Cannes, Cézanne, Cheyenne, courtesan, cran, dan, Dayan, Diane, divan, élan, Elan, fan, flan, foreran, Fran, Friedan, Gell-Mann, gran, Han, Hunan, Ivan, Jan, Japan, Jinan, Joanne, Kazan, Klan, Kordofan, Lacan, Lausanne, Leanne, Limousin, Louvain, man, Mann, Marianne, Milan, Moran, nan, Oran, outran, outspan, Pan, panne, parmesan, partisan, pavane, pecan, Pétain, plan, Pusan, ran, rataplan, rattan, Rosanne, Sagan, Saipan, saran, scan, scran, sedan, span, spick-and-span, Spokane, Suzanne, Tainan, tan, than, tisane, trepan, van, vin, Wuhan, Xian, Yerevan, Yunnan, Zhongshan Definition of clan in US English: clan nounklanklæn 1A group of close-knit and interrelated families (especially associated with families in the Scottish Highlands). （尤指苏格兰高地的）氏族，部落 Example sentencesExamples People of the same clan claim a common totem (dodem, do daim, or do dam), the symbol of a living creature. Since the early 1990s, Somalia has suffered from a civil war between rival clans. In addition, nearly every Rajput clan has its own patron god to whom it turns for protection. Formal education used to be of little significance among ruling and landowning Rajput clans. However, these villages' customary landowner clans refused the dam's construction, outlining several reasons. Tartan ties, scarves and even a map of the Scottish clans filled the window of the shop. The Tang Dynasty appointed local clan chieftains to govern for them. "Kaya, watch your mouth, you're talking to your clan leader! The new clan chieftain was announced out of an initial 10 nominees. Let us go back in time where Scottish tartan denoted the clan you belonged too. Where I'm from, my family had to hide from rival Somalia clans. Outside the immediate family, the lineage and the clan are the most common descent groups. But the strong tradition of upholding the clan makes for mutual support and a sharing and egalitarian instinct. They descended from clans in present-day Guangxi province after the fall of the Han Dynasty in AD 220. Other Rajput clans trace their ancestry to the Sun or Moon. Highland society in general, however, was organized into that most celebrated of Scottish institutions, the clan. The Scottish have used tartan patterns for centuries to identify the clan, family or regiment with which the wearer is associated. The clans have loosely defined territories, and prolonged wars, often spanning generations, were once common between clans. Persons with different surnames may share a common clan name, revealing a relationship along the lineage. Land ownership was nonexistant in the Arabian desert, instead there was collective control over the oases, pastures, and wells, and mostly the stronger clans controlled the best territories. Synonyms group of families, sept, gens 1.1 A family, especially a large one. the Kennedy clan gathered for the celebration Example sentencesExamples Yet he has his own life, and it remains uncertain whether he will attend the next big Mortimer clan gathering in Long Island this Christmas. The whole family will be reunited in Marbella next week when the Masterson clan gathers in the villa. The occasion was her birthday and the whole clan had gathered for the celebration. He shares his home in Tarzana, LA, with his two half-sisters and his stepfather (more on his complicated clan later). The entire Wade clan was gathered there, including Devon, who was entertaining himself with the terrier. This year the Cohen clan may be spending Christmas a little bit closer to home. I'm not alone in my interest in the Osbourne clan. The company is owned by the extended Whitaker family, descended from the Johnson and Perrott clans that gave the business its name in 1910. At least it has a classic story line - the offspring of two feuding clans falling in love and taking on the world together. This member of the Miller clan had no interest in seeing the view from his cousins' perspective. So when the extended clan gathers for the twins' eightieth birthday it is a necessarily complex arrangement. She found the entire clan in the common room and she said down next to Chris. But her son is a doctor, something the entire clan is very proud of. Each clan has its own little internal idiosyncrasies. Romeo and Juliet had the visible force of warring clans to defeat their love. Synonyms group of families, sept, gens 1.2 A group of people with a strong common interest. 宗派，集团，帮派 New York's garrulous clan of artists 纽约爱饶舌的一群艺术家。 Example sentencesExamples The clan gather at the pub at 8pm and new members are always made welcome. Yes, Elinor is the eccentric one of our little clan. Often it's a matter of conflicting interests with no resolution at a higher level than the interests - warring clans, greedy industries. He's always out with his little clan of jocks, anyways. Synonyms group, set, circle, clique, coterie, in-crowd, fraternity, brotherhood, community, society Origin Late Middle English: from Scottish Gaelic clann ‘offspring, family’, from Old Irish cland, from Latin planta ‘sprout’.
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