clanship

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noun

An association under a chieftain.

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Meanings

nounclanship (countable and uncountable, plural clanships)

plural clanships

  1. countableuncountableAn association under a chieftain.
  2. countableuncountableThe state of being united together, as if in a clan; cliquishness.

    In this branch of the Dodson family aunt Glegg found a stronger nature than her own; a nature in which family feeling had lost the character of clanship by taking on a doubly deep dye of personal pride.

    1860, George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss, Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons

Origin

From clan + -ship.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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