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noun
- 1. a close-knit group of interrelated families, especially in the Scottish Highlands: "the clan Macleod" Similar
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CLAN definition: 1. a group of families, especially in Scotland, who originally came from the same family and have…. Learn more.
The meaning of CLAN is a Celtic group especially in the Scottish Highlands comprising a number of households whose heads claim descent from a common ancestor. How to use clan in a sentence.
noun. a group of people interrelated by ancestry or marriage. a group of families with a common surname and a common ancestor, acknowledging the same leader, esp among the Scots and the Irish. a group of people united by common characteristics, aims, or interests.
CLAN meaning: 1. a group of families, especially in Scotland, who originally came from the same family and have…. Learn more.
A clan is an extended family. Your clan might include your parents and siblings, but also your cousins and second cousins, aunts and uncles, and grandparents. Families that are related to each other, whether through marriage or as distant cousins, are members of the same clan.
A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship [1] and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, a clan may claim descent from a founding member or apical ancestor who serves as a symbol of the clan's unity. Clans, in indigenous societies, were not endogamous: their members could not marry one another.
(informal, sometimes humorous) a very large family, or a group of people who are connected because of a particular thing. She's one of a growing clan of stars who have left Hollywood. There's a photo of the whole Kennedy clan on the bookshelf. The entire clan was/were gathered for Donald's birthday. Topics Family and relationships c1. Word Origin.
