Klan

noun

plural Klans
often attributive
: ku klux klan
also : a subordinate unit of the Ku Klux Klan
Klanism noun
Klansman noun

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Mack and his wife Adele Dorothy Keen then moved to different cities in the northeast — often relocating due to Keen’s nightmares of the Klan being hot on their trail — before settling in Akron, Ohio. Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 June 2025 Within his new city, Daye has encountered the Klan less. Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2025 In actuality, the second incarnation of the Klan remained influential, but Klan denial was a common propaganda strategy. Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 2 May 2025 In the first of thirteen live, three-hour shows (with Nelle sitting in the studio audience), the thirty-five-year-old Reagan, accompanied by four Black actors, dramatically reenacted Klan cross-burnings, beatings and shootings, and the desecration of synagogues. Richard D. Mahoney, JSTOR Daily, 30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for Klan

Word History

Etymology

(Ku Klux) Klan

First Known Use

1867, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Klan was in 1867

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“Klan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Klan. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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