KLAN
Dictionary entry overview: What does Klan mean?
• KLAN (noun)
The noun KLAN has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: KLAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• KLAN (noun)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
KKK; Klan; Ku Klux Klan
Instance hypernyms:
secret society (a society that conceals its activities from nonmembers)
foreign terrorist organization; FTO; terrorist group; terrorist organization (a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals)
Meronyms (members of "Klan"):
klavern (a local unit of the Ku Klux Klan)
grand dragon (a high ranking person in the Ku Klux Klan)
Klansman; Kluxer; Ku Kluxer (a member of the Ku Klux Klan)
Domain category:
act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)
Domain region:
South (the region of the United States lying south of the Mason-Dixon line)
