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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Superman used to go after Nazis, Klansmen and intergalactic monsters; now, Superman — er, Cain — wants to go after Tamale Lady.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2025
Thousands of suspected Klansmen were arrested, and those who weren’t fled.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 24, 2021
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
Jones, a former U.S. attorney best known for prosecuting Ku Klux Klansmen responsible for Birmingham’s infamous 1963 church bombing, became the first Alabama Democrat elected to the U.S.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 4, 2020
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
