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CLANSMAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does clansman mean?
• CLANSMAN (noun)
The noun CLANSMAN has 1 sense:
1. a member of a clan
Familiarity information: CLANSMAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of a clan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
clan member; clansman; clanswoman
Hypernyms ("clansman" is a kind of...):
fellow member; member (one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization))
Holonyms ("clansman" is a member of...):
clan; kin; kin group; kindred; kinship group; tribe (group of people related by blood or marriage)
Context examples
They appeared to be terrified at the prospect of repeating it, but the chief has patriarchal powers in these countries, and if the bargain is good in his eyes the clansman has little choice in the matter.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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