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Klansman

American  
[klanz-muhn] / ˈklænz mən /

noun

plural

Klansmen
  1. a member of the Ku Klux Klan.


Klansman British  
/ ˈklænzmən /

noun

  1. a member of the Ku Klux Klan

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Klansman

1900–05, Klan + 's 1 + man

Example Sentences

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He snagged roles in "Roots," "The Klansman" and "The Towering Inferno."

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2024

He was challenged by CNN host Jake Tapper about his repeated claim that Ms. Loeffler has campaigned with a Klansman, which Mr. Tapper said was “not true.”

From Washington Times • Jan. 3, 2021

For the former Klansman and the people who loved him, that narrow victory felt like a landslide.

From Slate • Jun. 13, 2020

The minister’s wife, son and congregation don’t want to help a Klansman.

From Washington Post • Feb. 29, 2020

Between Brown’s inside dope and everything that Kennedy had learned via his own investigations, he probably knew more Klan secrets than the average Klansman.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt