Ku Kluxer

[koo kluhk-ser, kyoo]

noun

1. a member of a Ku Klux Klan.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ku Kluxer¹

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80; Ku Klux (Klan) + -er ¹

Example Sentences

“Do you know what the Ku Kluxers do to colored people?”

From Literature

In many other instances the masked riders have openly boasted that they were Ku Kluxers.

From Project Gutenberg

I 'members one night de Ku Kluxers came—dey wants a drink o' water.

From Project Gutenberg

My brother-in-law, Sam Pitman, tells us how he put one by the Ku Kluxers.

From Project Gutenberg

I was afraid of de Ku Kluxers too, and I 'spects dat Master Holmes was one of de leaders iffen de truth was known.

From Project Gutenberg