clan

Definition

  • noun: a large group of people who are related
  • noun: a Celtic group especially in the Scottish Highlands comprising a number of households whose heads claim descent from a common ancestor
  • synonyms: clique

Examples

  • the country club 'clan' [=people who are members of country clubs]

  • The whole 'clan' gets together for the holidays.

  • The tribe is divided into 'clans'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) His magic is death to all things. Tell him, the black rock, when the sun is highest. If I returned, would you take me into your clan? You're safer here, with them. - The fel is everywhere. - Then you mustn't leave again. They need the Guardian's help (..)
    2016 Warcraft
  • (..) who our enemy was. Or what that evil green magic, the fel, had done to us. But in the beginning, how could we have known. And I had to find my clan a new home. Dreaming of a hunt, through the snow. Well. Keep it to yourself, wife. (..)
    2016 Warcraft