Meanings
klansman1
plural klansmen
- Alternative letter-case form of Klansman.
Klansmen — Behold the Deed without a name
1868, Robert Henry Newell, Smoked Glass, page 1031 more example
The fact that nobody foresaw that Chill would blossom into a klansman does not alter the fact that the klansman is one of the flowers of our democracy.
1900, Albert Bushnell Hart with John Gould Curtis, American History Told by Contemporaries, page 851
Klansman2
plural Klansmen · alternative klansman · alternative Clansman
- A man who is a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
Klansmen — Behold the Deed without a name
1868, Robert Henry Newell, Smoked Glass, page 103
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klansman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/klansman
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