Klansman

Klansman
noun
a member of the Ku Klux Klan
Syn: ↑Ku Kluxer, ↑Kluxer
Hypernyms: ↑white supremacist
Member Holonyms: ↑Ku Klux Klan, ↑Klan, ↑KKK

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\\ˈklanzmən, -laanz-\ noun (plural klansmen)
Usage: usually capitalized

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/klanz"meuhn/, n., pl. Klansmen.
a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
[1900-05, Amer.; KLAN + 's1 + MAN1]

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Klansman UK [ˈklænzmən] US noun [countable] [singular Klansman plural Klansmen]
Thesaurus: race relations and racismhyponym equal rightssynonym

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  • Klansman — noun see Klan …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Klansman — /klanz meuhn/, n., pl. Klansmen. a member of the Ku Klux Klan. [1900 05, Amer.; KLAN + s1 + MAN1] * * * …   Universalium

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