Associations to the word «Klan»

Wiktionary

KLAN, proper noun. Ku Klux Klan
KLAN, noun. Alternative letter-case form of Klan

Dictionary definition

KLAN, 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.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats