( n. )
A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the clan of Macdonald.
( n. )
A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the clan of Macdonald.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012