"clan" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: social group - people sharing some social relation
subtypes:
- mishpachah, mishpocha - (Yiddish) the entire family network of relatives by blood or marriage (and sometimes close friends)
- family, family unit - primary social group; parents and children
- folks - your parents
- family tree, genealogy - successive generations of kin
- totem - a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object
- tribes of israel, twelve tribes of israel - twelve kin groups of ancient Israel each traditionally descended from one of the twelve sons of Jacob
member holonym:
- relation, relative - a person related by blood or marriage
- clan member, clansman, clanswoman - a member of a clan
- tribesman - someone who lives in a tribe
same as: kin, kin group, kindred, kinship group, tribe