Clan : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Clan	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Clan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clan n group of people related by blood or marriage [syn: kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clan \Clan\, n. [Gael. clann offspring, descendants; akin to Ir. clann, cland, offspring, tribe, family; perh. from L. plania scion, slip, cutting. Cf. {Plant}, n.] 1. A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the clan of Macdonald. [bd]I have marshaled my clan.[b8] --Campbell. 2. A clique; a sect, society, or body of persons; esp., a body of persons united by some common interest or pursuit; -- sometimes used contemptuously. Partidge and the rest of his clan may hoot me. --Smolett. The whole clan of the enlightened among us. --Burke.