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 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]