English dictionary

clan

/kl/&/n/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

group of people related by blood or marriage

noun.group

Synonyms kin kin group kindred kinship group tribe

Source: WordNet 3.0
A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the <i>clan</i> of Macdonald.

noun

Source: webster1913