clan
A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known.
Other meanings
A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain.
Any group defined by family ties with some sort of political unity.
Synonyms
- tribe
Related words
- clanfellow
- clanless
- clanmate
- clannism
- clannist
- clanny
- clansfolk
- clanship
- clansman
- clanspeak
- clansperson
- clanswoman
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "planta" (shoot, offspring).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “clan” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.