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 organized a boycott of her stockyard, forcing the business to close. After 1964, Mars largely stopped taking photos but remained obsessed with the murders. Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024 Carter would go on to be exposed as a white supremacist Klan member who once wrote speeches for George Wallace, and whether his literary career was an attempt to distance himself from that, an opportunistic exercise, or some combination of the two remains an unsettled question. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024 Sincerely, The Grand Dragon of Trump Klan #124; San Marcos, TX The first flyers were found last Friday. Samuel Burke, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024 The power to suppress Black political power had shifted from the Klan to the courts, as states developed legal powers to control local governments. Domingo Morel / Made By History, TIME, 25 Oct. 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 22 Nov. 2024.

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