Clan

klan, n. a tribe or collection of families subject to a single chieftain, bearing the same surname, and supposed to have a common ancestor: a clique, sect: a collective name for a number of persons or things.— adj. Clan′nish , closely united, like the members of a clan.— adv. Clan′nishly .— ns. Clan′nishne ; Clan′ship , a ociation of families under a chieftain: feeling of loyalty to a clan; Clans′man , a member of a clan. [Gael. clann , offspring, tribe—L. planta , a shoot.]