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clan

[klan] / klæn /


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Main character Kliff is a member of the Greymanes, a warrior clan whose members are dispersed around the continent by the rival Black Bears.

From BBC

“You go around looking like one of the Tarbox clan,” Tansy said.

From Literature

It was how he’d always lived: alone with Fa, away from the clans.

From Literature

But what separates it from the crowd of such domestic dramas are the dynamics of the clan.

From The Wall Street Journal

In one screen narrating the Battle of Yashima, Minamoto clan cavalry descend through a narrow pass to storm a Taira clan fortress.

From The Wall Street Journal