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kleagle

[klee-guhl]

noun

  1. an official of the Ku Klux Klan.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of kleagle1

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25; Kl(an) + eagle
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Example Sentences

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Hyde-Smith was supposed to be the safer choice, and here she is getting treated like a grand Kleagle.

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Mr. Killen, who was known to be a Klan organizer or “Kleagle,” came under immediate suspicion.

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According to testimony in the 2005 murder trial, Killen served as a kleagle, or organizer, of the Klan in Neshoba County and helped set up a klavern, or local Klan group, in a nearby county.

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Prosecutors said as a "kleagle" or KKK organiser, he had assembled the murderous mob and instructed them how to dispose of the bodies, but was not at the murder scene itself.

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Mueller, the grand Kleagle of Washington, the Ku Klux Klan booked 18 trains for their march and rally.

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