Klan
pronunciation
How to pronounce Klan in British English:
UK [klæn]
How to pronounce Klan in American English:
US [klæn]
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- Noun:
- a secret society of white Southerners in the United States; was formed in the 19th century to resist the emancipation of slaves; used terrorist tactics to suppress Black people
Word Origin
- Klan (n.)
- 1867, short for ku klux klan.
Example
- 1. The final sequences of the klan rescue mission are pioneering uses of parallel editing .
- 2. He was murdered by the ku klux klan , back in 1928 , when we lived in the south .
- 3. General klan said that the exercise would cost about 250 million us dollars , including " lessons " learnt from the afghanistan war and was aimed at decreasing the risks of harming friendly troops and militias .