Klan

noun

plural Klans
often attributive
: ku klux klan
also : a subordinate unit of the Ku Klux Klan
Klanism noun
Klansman noun

Examples of Klan in a Sentence

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The Klan opposed the policies of a Democrat president; the Weather Underground targeted a Republican. Evan Thies, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2025 Congress reacted by launching investigations into the Klan and passing the Ku Klux Klan Act in February 1871. Brittany Friedman / Made By History, TIME, 6 Jan. 2025 With the Klan revival in the American South and Midwest in the 1920s, California rode the wave, too. Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024 The project is part of a huge ongoing construction effort in Tirana that includes OODA's own Klan TV HQ and Bond Tower, alongside other buildings by BIG, MVRDV, and Stefano Boeri. Adam Williams, New Atlas, 24 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for Klan 

Word History

Etymology

(Ku Klux) Klan

First Known Use

1867, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Klan was in 1867

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“Klan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Klan. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.

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