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Synonyms for clans

Grammar : Noun
Spell : klan
Phonetic Transcription : klæn

Top 10 synonyms for clans
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Définition of clans

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Gaelic clann "family, stock, offspring," akin to Old Irish cland "offspring, tribe," both from Latin planta "offshoot" (see plant (n.)). The Goidelic branch of Celtic (including Gaelic) had no initial p-, so it substituted k- or c- for Latin p-. The same Latin word in (non-Goidelic) Middle Welsh became plant "children."
  • noun family, clique
Example sentences :
  • Whole tribes and clans were wiped out by hunger and cold and want.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • So they rose up by clans and villages and followed after the Sign.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • Sometimes when there was quarreling between the clans they would not receive a messenger.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • Two clans were formed, the "Croizettists" and the "Bernhardtists."
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • The women were the great power among the clans as everywhere else.
  • Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • Me, he would not know if I told him my name, but––he is the Deliverer who will help the clans.
  • Extract from : « The Treasure Trail » by Marah Ellis Ryan
  • Where were the chivalrous chieftains with their clans behind them?
  • Extract from : « Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune » by Charles James Lever
  • And the Bear shall be the greatest and strongest of the clans.
  • Extract from : « Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children » by Mabel Powers
  • "Quite a gathering of the clans," he said, as brightly as he could.
  • Extract from : « Nell, of Shorne Mills » by Charles Garvice
  • And Stern's been trying to get the clans into hot water ever since he took over.
  • Extract from : « The Best Made Plans » by Everett B. Cole

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