Klansman
noun
a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
Klansmen
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pluralof Klansman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The prolific Black muralist, who died a couple of years ago, painted the Jefferson Park work in 1997 and filled space with Black Panthers and celebrated Black radicals, helmeted police and hooded Klansmen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
Benbow cited examples of Klansmen who served as deacons, using scripture to justify Jim Crow, as well as the way the Black church was “the seat of the Civil Rights movement.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 10, 2021
Less famous is his subsequent decision to pardon the relative handful of Klansmen who actually went to prison.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2020
The victory by Jones, a former U.S. attorney best known for prosecuting two Ku Klux Klansmen responsible for Birmingham’s infamous 1963 church bombing, narrows the GOP advantage in the U.S.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 13, 2017
It had never occurred to her before that beneath their robes Klansmen might sometimes be quaking.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
