CLAN

kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe

(noun) group of people related by blood or marriage

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

clan (plural clans)

(anthropology) A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief.

A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain

Any group defined by family ties with some sort of political unity.

(video games) A group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games.

A badger colony.

Anagrams

• Lanc, NLCA, NaCl

Source: Wiktionary

Clan, n. Etym: [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. "I have marshaled my clan." 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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