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klavalier

klavalier noun: a member of the Ku Klux Klan's "secret police" or flogging squads.

Noun

klavalier (plural klavaliers)

  1. A member of the Ku Klux Klan's "secret police" or flogging squads.
    • In Indiana County, seventeen of twenty-four klavalier applicants were from the mining industry[…]1997, Philip Jenkins, Hoods and shirts: the extreme right in Pennsylvania, 1925-1950, page 73

Forms of klavalier

pluralklavaliers

Origin of klavalier

Blend of Klan + cavalier.

Questions about klavalier

What does klavalier mean?
Klavalier means a member of the Ku Klux Klan's "secret police" or flogging squads.
What part of speech is klavalier?
Klavalier is a noun.
What is the plural of klavalier?
The plural of klavalier is klavaliers.

Words near klavalier in the dictionary

  1. Klausing
  2. Klausings
  3. Klausner
  4. Klausners
  5. Klauss
  6. klavalier
  7. klavaliers
  8. Klavarskribo
  9. Klavatz
  10. Klavdia
  11. Klavdiia

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