Difference between revisions of "Clan"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_100759" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_100759" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the clan of Macdonald. </p> <p> (2): (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. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) [[A]] tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the clan of Macdonald. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (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. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_70977" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_70977" /> == | ||
<p> A tribe of blood relations descended from a common ancestor, ranged under a chief in direct descent from him, and having a common surname, as in the Highlands of Scotland; at bottom a military organisation for defensive and predatory purposes. </p> | <p> [[A]] tribe of blood relations descended from a common ancestor, ranged under a chief in direct descent from him, and having a common surname, as in the Highlands of Scotland; at bottom a military organisation for defensive and predatory purposes. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Revision as of 02:53, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the clan of Macdonald.
(2): (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.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A tribe of blood relations descended from a common ancestor, ranged under a chief in direct descent from him, and having a common surname, as in the Highlands of Scotland; at bottom a military organisation for defensive and predatory purposes.
