The meaning of CLAN is a Celtic group especially in the Scottish Highlands comprising a number of households whose heads claim descent from a common ancestor. How to use clan in a sentence.

A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship [1] and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, a clan may claim descent from a founding member or apical ancestor who serves as a symbol of the clan's unity.

Synonyms for CLAN: community, crowd, pack, network, bunch, clique, gang, circle; Antonyms of CLAN: individualist, loner, origin, birth, extraction, descent, ancestry, pedigree

CLAN definition: 1. a group of families, especially in Scotland, who originally came from the same family and have…. Learn more.

Our whole clan got together for Thanksgiving. a group of people, as a clique, set, society, or party, especially as united by some common trait, characteristic, or interest: a clan of actors and …

3 meanings: 1. a group of people interrelated by ancestry or marriage 2. a group of families with a common surname and a common.... Click for more definitions.

Definition of clan noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. a group of families who are related to each other, especially in Scotland. The Campbell clan was/were the most powerful of the Protestant clans. Culture clans A is a Scottish social group whose members usually claim to come from the same family.

In Old Irish, cland was used to mean not only "offshoot of a plant" but also "offspring," "family," and "clan." The word cland was carried to the area that is now Scotland when speakers of Old Irish gained power in the region in the late 400s.

1. a group of families or households among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor. 2. a group of people of common descent; family: Our whole clan gathers for Thanksgiving. 3. a clique, party, or other group united by some common interest.

CLAN meaning: 1. a group of families, especially in Scotland, who originally came from the same family and have…. Learn more.