clansman

[ klanz-muhn ]

noun,plural clans·men.
  1. a member of a clan.

Origin of clansman

1
First recorded in 1800–10; clan + 's1 + -man

Words Nearby clansman

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How to use clansman in a sentence

  • This rapprochement was The Birth of a Nation that Griffith evoked when he changed the name of his movie from The clansman.

  • When Newt went running excitedly back to Cawsler's place, the brain of the older clansman began to work rapidly.

    The Code of the Mountains | Charles Neville Buck
  • Here I am in an alien land; a thousand fiery crosses would not bring one clansman to my side; I cannot fight my foe.

    Audrey | Mary Johnston
  • “The clansman” is the second book of a series of historical novels planned on the Race Conflict.

    The Clansman | Thomas Dixon
  • Thus step by step the life of the clansman, the fellow citizen and at last of every human being came to be regarded as sacred.

    Creed And Deed | Felix Adler
  • "You needn't ask me what I'd like; you just tell me what you want me to do," he rejoined, with clansman loyalty.

    Empire Builders | Francis Lynde

British Dictionary definitions for clansman

clansman

/ (ˈklænzmən) /


nounplural -men
  1. a man belonging to a clan

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