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n. A traditional social unit in the Scottish Highlands, consisting of a number of families claiming a common ancestor and following the same hereditary chieftain.

n. A division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor.

n. A large group of relatives, friends, or associates.

n. A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief.

n. A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain

n. Any association of people behaving clannishly.

n. A group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games.

n. A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname.

n. A clique; a sect, society, or body of persons; esp., a body of persons united by some common interest or pursuit; -- sometimes used contemptuously.

n. A race; a family; a tribe; an association of persons under a chieftain; especially, such a family or tribe among the Highlanders of Scotland.

n. Figuratively, a clique, sect, set, society, or body of persons closely united by some common interest or pursuit, and supposed to have a spirit of exclusiveness toward others.

n. Synonyms Tribe, Race, etc. See people.

n. A social unit in a tribe in which descent is reckoned in the maternal line; a group of people supposed to be descended from a common ancestor, descent being reckoned in the female line. In this sense it is opposed to gens, the social unit in a tribe in which descent is reckoned in the paternal line.

n. group of people related by blood or marriage

"Among the tribes of the Siouan family the primary unit is the clan or gens, which is composed of a number of consanguinei, claiming descent from a common ancestor and having common taboos; the term clan implying descent in the female line, while gens implies descent in the male line."

social group   

set    totem-clan   

genealogy    mishpocha    folks    family unit    Twelve Tribes of Israel   

matriclan    patriclan    clannish   

clique   

An    Ann    Anne    Ariane    Bhutan   

tribal    tribe    caste    chieftain    gang