clan

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun group of people related by blood or marriage

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish clann (“offspring, children of the family”) and Scottish Gaelic clann, both from Old Irish cland, borrowed from Old Welsh plant, itself borrowed from Latin planta (“shoot, offspring”). Doublet of plant and planta.

In classic literature

Synonyms

kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, tribe

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