 | James Donald - 1872 - 976 σελίδες
...tlampen, to fasten.] CLAN, klan, n. A tribe or collection of families subject to a single chieftain, all bearing the same surname, and supposed to have a common...a clique, sect, or body of persons. [Gael, clann, IT. clann, eland, offspring, tribe.] CLANDESTINE, klan-des'tin, adj. Concealed or hidden : private... | |
 | William Chambers, Andrew Findlater - 1882 - 628 σελίδες
...root, seen in AS clam, a bond, Dut /•/«;«/, a clamp, and akin to E. Clip, Climb.] dan, klan, n. a tribe or collection of families subject to a single...clique, sect, or body of persons. [Gael, clann, Ir. i fart n or clan*1, offspring, tribe.] Clandestine, klan-dcs'tin, adj., concealed or hidden: private:... | |
 | 1882 - 654 σελίδες
...lit. something that fattens от binds. *F53, ^t^ ; CLAN, n. 1. A tribe or collection of fsunilies subject to a single chieftain, bearing the same surname, and supposed to have a common ancestor, 2. A clique, sect, or body of persons. (Gael, dann, Ir. dann or eland, offipring, tribe.)^*r,fîT,... | |
 | PROFESSOR DANIEL LYONS - 1899 - 552 σελίδες
...CLAM-SHELL, klam'-shel, ». the lips or CLAN mouth : the patent lock on a mail bag. (Amer.) CLAN, klan, n. a tribe or collection of families subject to a single...ancestor : a clique, sect, or body of persons. [Gael, dann, Ir. dann от eland, offspring, tribe.] CLANDESTINE, klan-des'tin, adj., concealed or hidden... | |
 | Hendrik Clemens Muller - 1904 - 224 σελίδες
...circles of clans or tribal communities. What is a clan? Chamber's etymological dictionary explains it as a „ tribe or collection of families subject to a...common ancestor: a clique , sect , or body of persons ; Gaelic clann , Irish damn or eland i, e. offspring, tribe". — But we do not need this apparently... | |
 | 1907 - 224 σελίδες
...Celtic word Abhuinn, a river, is the origin of Avon, Allan, and probably Leven. The Clans. A clan was a tribe or collection of families subject to a single...same surname and supposed to have a common ancestor. Clans and clanship existed in Scotland from very early times, and the Celts could boast that they were... | |
 | Emily Ellsworth Ford Skeel - 1912 - 1204 σελίδες
...bandage, a claw ; Ger. klammer, a cramp-iron , Dutch, klamp — hlampen, to fasten.} Clan, klant n. a tribe or collection of families subject to a single...a clique, sect, or body of persons. [Gael, clann, IT. clann or eland, offspring, tribe.] i^n^nUh klan'ish, adj. closely united like the members of a... | |
 | Allied Chambers - 2002 - 2054 σελίδες
...civilize 303 clin klan, na tribe or collection of families subject to a single chieftain, commonly bearing the same surname, and supposed to have a common ancestor; a clique, sect: a collective name for a number of persons or things. — i/i// clannish closely united and holding... | |
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. a tribe or collection of families subject to a single chieftain, bearing the same surname, and supposed to have a common ancestor ; a clique, sect, or body of persons. [Gael, clann, Ir. 