clansman

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Recent Examples of clansman Then again, Christopher Lambert doesn't exactly sell his lead role as a Scottish clansman. Clark Collis, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2020 When one of Shade’s clansmen sleeps with a woman from another tribe, Shade is called upon to avenge the curse this affair will wreak on his people. Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2019 Thousands of spectators attend the yearly event where clansmen test each other’s prowess in various competitions, including bagpiping, drumming, highland dancing and sheep dog trials. San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2019 About 10,000 people gather for the event, in which clansmen compete in various competitions, including bagpiping, drumming, highland dancing, athletics and sheep dog trials. Lisa Deaderick, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 June 2018 The design, which depicts two giants, the Taku River, clansmen, a bear holding a shield, the sun, a wolf and more, is starting to take shape. Alex McCarthy, The Seattle Times, 16 Dec. 2017 But unbeknownst to Claire, Jamie did in fact survive the Battle of Culloden while most of his Highlander clansmen did not. Sydney Bucksbaum, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Sep. 2017 And in addition to physical threats, Jamie has to face the trauma of losing Claire, and nearly all of his clansmen. Cara Kelly, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2017 By marshaling the support of fellow clansmen and other donors, the project drew support from as far away as the United States and Britain, providing crucial food and water to nearly 1,000 families. Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clansman
Noun
  • Rediscovering his family’s ancestral land centuries after the religious wars forced those kinsmen to flee, our caballero soon steps in to protect a local clan from an oppressive landowner and his abusive henchmen.
    Ben Croll, Variety, 20 Sep. 2024
  • At the time of President Lincoln's assassination, my father was in Washington visiting his kinsman, Col. Thomas M. Vincent, who was on the staff of the Adjutant General.
    Chris Ciaccia, Fox News, 3 Sep. 2020
Noun
  • Colbourne, a Jamaican descendant born in Panama, has lived in Miramar for 32 years.
    Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Your birth chart shows that hope is not all lost, because your natal Jupiter—planet of luck and expansion—is Aries, situated right on top of your descendant (a.k.a.
    Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Excepting Britt Lower’s Helena, who is coded as a child, the offspring of Jame Eagan, the outies have exhausted their arcs.
    Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2025
  • There’s a vast generation gap between immigrants and their Americanized offspring; Indian and Pakistani elders harbor prejudices dating back to partition.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Forget about playing with relatives, close to home or capitalizing on some sort of sentimental story on changing locations.
    Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The Orlando City Council last month endorsed a design for a memorial unanimously approved by the Pulse Memorial Advisory Committee, which included relatives of the 49 people who died in the massacre and some members who had visited the club that horrible night in June 2016.
    Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Unlike his father in 1883 and his progeny in Yellowstone, Spencer doesn’t care about legacy.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 10 Mar. 2025
  • As the progeny of Ernie Isley — a key songwriter and multi-instrumentalist of The Isley Brothers, perhaps the most prolific soul group of all time — Alex Isley knows a thing or two about sensuality and intimacy.
    Kyle Denis, Billboard, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Over the years, Pritzker, a scion of the Hyatt Hotels fortune and the cousin of Gov. JB Pritzker, has amassed a sizable portfolio of vintage houses in Chicago and Evanston.
    Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Big names from class struggles past Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt, both scions of an old and prosperous Dutch dynasty in New York, enlarged their vision and political prospects by transcending allegiance to their economic caste.
    Ron Elving, NPR, 1 Feb. 2025

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“Clansman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clansman. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.

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