Klan en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /klæn/
- (US) audio
Etymology
Ellipsis of Ku Klux Klan.
Meanings
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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: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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| the Klan | canonical | lexicographic | |
| klan | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
kloncilium · Klansperson · Republiklan · Klansman · Kloran · Klanner · klonklave · Klannish · klavern · Klanny · klonvocation · Klandidate · Kleagle · Klandom · antiklan · Klanswoman · Klaliff · Klankraft · klavalier