CLAN


Meaning of CLAN in English

(~s)

1.

A ~ is a group which consists of families that are related to each other.

...rival ~s.

N-COUNT

2.

You can refer to a group of people with the same interests as a ~. (INFORMAL)

...a powerful ~ of industrialists from Monterrey.

N-COUNT

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