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clann

clann is the obsolete spelling of clan.

Meaning of clan

Noun

clan (plural clans)

  1. (collective) A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known.
  2. (Scotland, collective) A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain.
  3. (collective) Any group defined by family ties with some sort of political unity.
    • Holonym: nation
    Synonyms:
    canton
    1. (Malaysia, collective) traditional main matrilineal subunit of the Minangkabau people (suku) esp. in Negeri Sembilan
  4. (collective) A group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games.
  5. (collective) A group of badgers.
    • if the clan of badgers next door isn't marking its boundaries2017, Stephan Price, Thinking Through Badgers, Vernon Press, page 246
    Synonyms:
    cete

Forms of clann

pluralclanns

Questions about clann

What is clann the obsolete spelling of?
Clann is the obsolete spelling of clan.

Words near clann in the dictionary

  1. clanlects
  2. clanless
  3. clanlessness
  4. clanmate
  5. clanmates
  6. clann
  7. Clannaborough
  8. clanned
  9. clannies
  10. clannish
  11. clannishly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: clann (page history and authors); clan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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