noun
clan
KLAN/klæn/
A close-knit group united by ancestry or shared identity.
Three generations of the clan gather outside their home.
Etymology
Latin planta meant an offshoot or sprout, an image that became “offspring” and then a family or tribe. A clan thus connects shared identity with the idea of people branching from common stock.
In context
a pervasive chill and a strange hush settle over the community a silence punctuated by hushed Voices that seem to murmur in the wind it is here that the rural Clan of the ardan family has dwelled for Generations
More examples
- Members of the clan traced their ancestry to the same valley.
- The entire clan helped repair the family home.
- Our noisy clan filled two tables at the restaurant.
Forms
clan · clans