Klansman
Americannoun
plural
Klansmennoun
Etymology
Origin of Klansman
Example Sentences
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He snagged roles in "Roots," "The Klansman" and "The Towering Inferno."
From Salon • Apr. 11, 2024
“The first time I had a friendly encounter with a Klansman was in Frederick, Maryland,” he said.
From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2021
“You said that, quote, Kelly Loeffler has been campaigning with a Klansman, unquote. That’s not true,” said Mr. Tapper.
From Washington Times • Jan. 3, 2021
The fourth season of Slate’s Slow Burn will explore how a Nazi sympathizer and former Klansman fashioned himself into a mainstream figure, and why some voters came to embrace his message.
From Slate • Jun. 10, 2020
Atlanta—the Imperial City of the KKK’s Invisible Empire, in Klan jargon—was also home to Stetson Kennedy, a thirty- year-old man with the bloodlines of a Klansman but a temperament that ran opposite.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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