klan

K5L1A1N1
/klæn/

proper noun

Ku Klux Klan

Less commonScrabble 8

Meanings

klan1

proper nounthe klan
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Klan.

    She nearly ran for the open Senate seat in North Carolina in 2021 even though she had moved with the rest of the Trumpanzee klan to Florida.

    2024 November 17, Howie Klein, “A Plurality Of American Voters Have Embraced Kakistocracy As Their Preferred Form Of Governance”, in DownWithTyranny, archived from the original on 18 Nov 2024
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    "It's serious, serious enough that the FBI ... and other law enforcement agencies are trying to get on top of it because the klan has made direct threats to Obama," pastor Clary, who now fights against the group as a born-again Christian, said.

    2009 January 30, “Obama presidency 'ignites Ku Klux Klan'”, in Herald Sun

Klan2

proper nounthe Klan

alternative klan

  1. Ku Klux Klan

    I ain't in the Klan, but I brought my hood with me

    2005, “We Major”, in Late Registration, performed by Kanye West ft. Really Doe and Nas
    1 more example

    The soldiers made arrests right and left, swearing to wipe out the Klan if they had to put every white man in Atlanta in jail.

    1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, published June 1944, →OCLC, part IV, page 745

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APA

klan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/klan

MLA

“klan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/klan. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “klan,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/klan.

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