HTTP/2 200
date: Fri, 10 Oct 2025 02:47:50 GMT
content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8
content-security-policy-report-only: default-src 'self';img-src 'self' data: https://flickr.com https://*.flickr.com https://s.gravatar.com https://s.gravatar.com/avatar https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar https://i1.wp.com/cdn.auth0.com/avatars https://cdn.auth0.com/avatars https://g.stripe.com/ https://ssl.google-analytics.com https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/ https://farm66.static.flickr.com https://www.google-analytics.com https://tpc.googlesyndication.com https://pbs.twimg.com https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net https://*.amazon-adsystem.com https://fundingchoicesmessages.google.com https://*.3lift.com https://ams-pageview-public.s3.amazonaws.com https://www.google.com https://syndication.twitter.com https://image8.pubmatic.com https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net https://*.googleusercontent.com;base-uri 'self';font-src 'self' https: data:;frame-ancestors 'self';frame-src https://js.stripe.com https://platform.twitter.com/ https://syndication.twitter.com/ https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/ https://*.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/ https://www.google.com/ https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/;connect-src 'self' https: https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ppub_config https://bam.nr-data.net/events/1/cb925c8058;object-src none;script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' report-sample https://js.stripe.com/v3/ https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.min.js https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.4.1.slim.min.js https://code.jquery.com/jquery-migrate-1.4.1.min.js https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/popper.js@1.16.0/dist/umd/popper.min.js https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.4.1/js/bootstrap.min.js https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/validate.js/0.13.1/validate.min.js https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/underscore.js/1.8.3/underscore-min.js https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/list.js/1.5.0/list.min.js https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js https://www.googletagmanager.com/ https://ssl.google-analytics.com/ga.js https://js-agent.newrelic.com/nr-spa-1184.min.js https://fundingchoicesmessages.google.com https://bam.nr-data.net https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net https://www.googletagservices.com https://adservice.google.com https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/tether/1.4.0/js/tether.min.js https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.12.9/umd/popper.min.js https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/clipboard@2.0.8/dist/clipboard.min.js https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/howler/2.1.1/howler.min.js https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/validator/10.9.0/validator.min.js https://*.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/ https://*.googlesyndication.com/ https://platform.twitter.com/js/ https://cdn.ampproject.org https://www.google-analytics.com https://adservice.google.be https://adservice.google.ca https://adservice.google.co.id https://adservice.google.co.mz https://adservice.google.co.th https://adservice.google.co.uk https://adservice.google.co.za https://adservice.google.com.au https://adservice.google.com.ec https://adservice.google.com.hk https://adservice.google.com.ng https://adservice.google.com.np https://adservice.google.com.ph https://adservice.google.com.sa https://adservice.google.de https://adservice.google.es https://adservice.google.fi https://adservice.google.fr https://adservice.google.ie https://adservice.google.it https://adservice.google.lk https://adservice.google.lt https://adservice.google.nl https://adservice.google.no https://adservice.google.rs https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net;script-src-attr none;style-src 'self' https: 'unsafe-inline' report-sample;report-uri https://5f9d927665d1a16209ba908c.endpoint.csper.io
x-dns-prefetch-control: off
expect-ct: max-age=0
x-frame-options: SAMEORIGIN
strict-transport-security: max-age=15552000; includeSubDomains
x-download-options: noopen
x-content-type-options: nosniff
x-permitted-cross-domain-policies: none
referrer-policy: origin-when-cross-origin
x-xss-protection: 0
etag: W/"14b78-+grAusTgsBA1pH3ThdV8dZkCpD4"
set-cookie: cookienik=eyJjc3JmU2VjcmV0IjoiWDhUMDlEQVlkOXQ1Um5CM0FiQmRoY3Q1In0=; path=/; expires=Mon, 13 Oct 2025 02:47:50 GMT; domain=wordnik.com; secure; httponly
set-cookie: cookienik.sig=FKyqa2H79L83PXurOJZ3ma11v_8; path=/; expires=Mon, 13 Oct 2025 02:47:50 GMT; domain=wordnik.com; secure; httponly
vary: Accept-Encoding
content-encoding: gzip
Klan - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Shortened form of Ku Klux Klan
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Klan .
Examples
NO ONE FROM THE KLAN WAS ARRESTED, but when some Black people couldn't take the Klan 's tirades anymore and tried to fight the Klan members, THEY were arrested and prosecuted.
Why Did Burke Cancel BOE Meeting? Nathaniel Livingston 2005
NO ONE FROM THE KLAN WAS ARRESTED, but when some Black people couldn't take the Klan 's tirades anymore and tried to fight the Klan members, THEY were arrested and prosecuted.
Kabaka. Hero or Devil? Nathaniel Livingston 2005
Of course, the Klan is a clandestine network of organizations, with each one a small fiefdom in itself.
Think Progress » KKK has ‘reversed declining membership’ in recent years. 2010
If ANYONE believes that the Ku Klux Klan is dead is both a fool and truly stupid.
Think Progress » Tennessee Mosque Vandalized After Local TV Station Airs Irresponsible Report On ‘Homegrown Jihad’ 2010
I think these groups are "pro-consumer" in the same way the Ku Klux Klan is "pro-white" - it's the other half of the picture that more correctly describes the agenda.
"Pro-Gamer Groups Oppose Dungeons & Dragons", Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
But Newt, as one of the more educated of the Klan , is one of the most intellectually dishonest as well.
Think Progress » Gingrich Says Democrats ‘Have To Take Some Moral Responsibility’ For Far-Right Death Threats 2010
Ku Klux Klan , often abbreviated KKK and informally known as The Klan, is the name of several past and present far right hate groups in the United States whose avowed purpose is to protect the rights and further the interests of white Americans by violence and intimidation.
Think Progress » New report finds that right-wing extremist groups have grown 244 percent in the past year. 2010
Being an active member of the Klan is quite a different matter.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Prosecuting BP 2010
The only difference I can see between the teabaggers/terrorists and the Klan is that the teabaggers/terrorists bring their wives to the rallies.
Think Progress » Palin Tells Constitution-Loving Tea Partiers: We Don’t Need A President Who Is A ‘Constitutional Law Professor’ 2010
Ku Klux Klan , often abbreviated KKK and informally known as The Klan, is the name of several past and present far right hate groups
Think Progress » Tea Party Blogger Hints That Pelosi’s Life Is In Danger, Warns Of ‘A Thousand Little Waco’s’ 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.