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klavern

klavern noun: a local unit of the Ku Klux Klan.

Noun

klavern (plural klaverns)

  1. A local unit of the Ku Klux Klan.
    • “I read a story about the klan in a national magazine. I decided, just for kicks, to see if I could obtain membership. Well, I got my membership card. And I was also appointed ‘Great Titan’ to organize and set up a klavern [local unit] here in Idaho.”1965 February 25, Paul L. Bellesen, quotee, “The Klan's Man in Idaho A Card-Carrying Negro”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of klavern

pluralklaverns

Origin of klavern

Blend of Klan + tavern.

Words that rhyme with klavern

Questions about klavern

What does klavern mean?
Klavern means a local unit of the Ku Klux Klan.
What part of speech is klavern?
Klavern is a noun.
What is the plural of klavern?
The plural of klavern is klaverns.

Words near klavern in the dictionary

  1. Klavarskribo
  2. Klavatz
  3. Klavdia
  4. Klavdiia
  5. Klaver
  6. klavern
  7. klaverns
  8. Klavers
  9. Klawiter
  10. Klawitter
  11. Klawitters

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