clan

About 6.91 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known.
2. noun A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain.
3. noun Any group defined by family ties with some sort of political unity.
4. noun traditional main matrilineal subunit of the Minangkabau people (suku) esp. in Negeri Sembilan
5. noun A group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games.
6. noun A group of badgers.

Similar words

kin kindred tribe kin group kinship group lineage family gens fraternity exogamy

Often followed by

of and or is was in to system had

Word family

clans