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noun - group of people related by blood or marriage
A traditional social unit in the Scottish Highlands, consisting of a number of families claiming a common ancestor and following the same hereditary chieftain.
A division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor.
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| This term for the extended family comes from the Gaelic for "children" |
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| a close-knit group of interrelated families, especially in the Scottish Highlands. |
| group of people related by blood or marriage |
| A close-knit group of interrelated families, especially in the Scottish Highlands. |
| A traditional social unit in the Scottish Highlands, consisting of a number of families claiming a common ancestor and following the same hereditary chieftain. |
| A division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor. |
| A large group of relatives, friends, or associates. |
| a group of families, especially in Scotland, who originally came from the same family and have the same name |
| a large family, or a group of people who share the same interest: |
| a family, esp. a large group of people who are related: |
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A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clan members may be organized around a founding member or apical ancestor. Clans in indigenous societies tend to be exogamous, meaning that their members cannot marry one another. Clans preceded more centralized forms of community organization and government, and exist in every country. Members may identify with a coat of arms or other symbol to show they are an independent clan. The kinship-based bonds may also have a symbolic ancestor, whereby the clan shares a "stipulated" common ancestor that is a symbol of the clan's unity. When this "ancestor" is non-human, it is referred to as a totem, which is frequently an animal. * The word clan is derived from the Gaelic clann meaning "children" or "progeny"; it is not from the word for "family" in either Irish or Scottish Gaelic. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word was introduced into English in around 1425, as |
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| ABODE |
| AFTERHOURS |
| BLOOD |
| brother |
| brother (down) |
| BUNGALOW |
| cousin (across) |
| daughter (across) |
| DWELLINGPLACE |
| ENCASE |