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What is a clan?

What is a clan? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (anthropology) A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief.
  2. A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain
  3. Any association of people behaving clannishly, including one's immediate family.
  4. (video game) A group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games.
  5. A badger colony.
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This year the Cohen clan may be spending Christmas a little bit closer to home.
The whole family will be reunited in Marbella next week when the Masterson clan gathers in the villa.
She found the entire clan in the common room and she said down next to Chris.
At Appin, he attempted to replace his old clan rivals, the Stewarts, with his own clansmen.
The entire Wade clan was gathered there, including Devon, who was entertaining himself with the terrier.
Outside the immediate family, the lineage and the clan are the most common descent groups.

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