clan
noun
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor.
interclan
-
a word derived from
clan.
Example Sentences
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The Jacobites are mentioned, but most of the political machinations involve interclan jockeying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025
Since then, anti-Taliban patrols by tribesmen have reportedly ground to a halt over fears they could worsen interclan tensions.
From Time ● May 18, 2010
Had Paft's death resulted in some interclan quarrel over the heirship and the other clans withdrawn to let the various contendents for that honor fight it out?
From Plague Ship by Andre Norton
Slavery is a recognized institution, but since the diminution of intertribal and interclan wars the number of slaves has diminished.
From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by John M. Garvan
The decrease, if the two estimates are correct, is probably due to intertribal and interclan wars.
From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by John M. Garvan
