clan /ˈklæn/
  氏族,宗族,黨派
  Clan n.
  1. A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the clan of Macdonald. “I have marshaled my clan.”
  2. A clique; a sect, society, or body of persons; esp., a body of persons united by some common interest or pursuit; -- sometimes used contemptuously.
     Partidge and the rest of his clan may hoot me.   --Smolett.
     The whole clan of the enlightened among us.   --Burke.
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  clan
       n : group of people related by blood or marriage [syn: kin, kin
           group, kinship group, kindred, tribe]