Kladd

plural Kladds

1. A conductor and custodian in the Ku Klux Klan.

   When all officers were assembled, the kladd certified that everyone present was a valid member of the WKKK.

   2008, Kathleen M. Blee, Women of the Klan: racism and gender in the 1920s, page 37

   1 more example

   The Kladd and Night Hawk staggered off with their burdens, and the Klan square opened and swallowed them up. In a moment they were both back. “Attention!” the Kladd bellowed. “Fall in—single file, right hand on the shoulder of the man in front of you!”

   2011, Stetson Kennedy, David Pilgrim, The Klan Unmasked, page 46