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    KLAN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    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 peopleplay

    Synonyms:

    KKK; Klan; Ku Klux Klan

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

    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 the 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 to the south of the Mason-Dixon line)

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