clansman

[ klanz-muhn ]

noun

, plural clans·men.

1. a member of a clan.

clansman

/ ˈklænzmən /

noun

1. a man belonging to a clan

Word History and Origins

Origin of clansman¹

First recorded in 1800–10; clan + 's ¹ + -man

Example Sentences

This rapprochement was The Birth of a Nation that Griffith evoked when he changed the name of his movie from The Clansman.

From The Daily Beast

When Newt went running excitedly back to Cawsler's place, the brain of the older clansman began to work rapidly.

From Project Gutenberg

Here I am in an alien land; a thousand fiery crosses would not bring one clansman to my side; I cannot fight my foe.

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“The Clansman” is the second book of a series of historical novels planned on the Race Conflict.

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Thus step by step the life of the clansman, the fellow citizen and at last of every human being came to be regarded as sacred.

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"You needn't ask me what I'd like; you just tell me what you want me to do," he rejoined, with clansman loyalty.

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