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What (who) is clan - definition

GROUP OF PEOPLE UNITED BY ACTUAL OR PERCEIVED KINSHIP AND DESCENT
Clans; Clan (family); Clann; Clannish; Sub-clans; Sub-clan; Corca; Kin-group; Clansmen; Clanswomen; Clanswoman; Clannism; Clannist
  • The [[Battle of Culloden]] of 1746, where British troops defeated the army of [[Scottish clan]]smen

clan         
n. a clan gathers
clan         
n.
1.
Race, tribe, family.
2.
Clique, coterie, set, gang, brotherhood, fraternity, sodality.
clan         
¦ noun
1. a close-knit group of interrelated families, especially in the Scottish Highlands.
2. a group with a strong common interest.
Derivatives
clanship noun
Origin
ME: from Sc. Gaelic clann 'offspring, family', from Old Ir. cland, from L. planta 'sprout'.

Wikipedia

Clan

A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clans may claim descent from founding member or apical ancestor. Clans, in indigenous societies, tend to be endogamous, meaning that their members can marry one another. Clans preceded more centralized forms of community organization and government, and exist in every country. Members may identify with a coat of arms or other symbol to show that they are an independent clan. Kinship-based groups may also have a symbolic ancestor, whereby the clan shares a "stipulated" common ancestor who serves as a symbol of the clan's unity.

Examples of use of clan
1. In the Druze village of Hurfeish, 158 party members come from the Faras clan, 154 are from the Aamar clan, 132 are from the Shanan clan, 125 are from the Badar clan and 112 are from the Mara‘i clan.
2. In Sakhnin, 237 party members are from the Halaila clan and 110 from the Gnaim clan.
3. The troops also arrested Abdi Iman, a leading member of Mogadishu‘s dominant Hawiye clan, a clan spokesman said.
4. Therefore, reference is always made to the next level, which is the Hashim clan, or even the Abd Manaf clan.
5. In Kafr Qasem, 185 party members are from the Issa clan and 12' are from the Sarsur clan.