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GRAND DRAGON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grand dragon mean? 

GRAND DRAGON (noun)
  The noun GRAND DRAGON has 1 sense:

1. a high ranking person in the Ku Klux Klanplay

  Familiarity information: GRAND DRAGON used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GRAND DRAGON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A high ranking person in the Ku Klux Klan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("grand dragon" is a kind of...):

chief; head; top dog (a person who is in charge)

Holonyms ("grand dragon" is a member of...):

KKK; Klan; Ku Klux Klan (a secret society of white Southerners in the United States; was formed in the 19th century to resist the emancipation of slaves; used terrorist tactics to suppress Black people)


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