clansman
Americannoun
plural
clansmennoun
Etymology
Origin of clansman
Example Sentences
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The period costumes mostly eschew bright colors to suggest Scottish clansman living in the chilly, damp region of Loch Katrine.
From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2015
He was replaced by his clansman, Hakimullah Mehsud, who appeared in a subsequently released video along with the bomber.
From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2014
Benevolent and good-humored, Scott was a tradition-loving Tory who, says Biographer Pearson, "thought nothing of his fame as a writer compared with his place as . . . clansman of Buccleuch."
From Time Magazine Archive
No man was more carefully respected by his neighbors in the four Indian provinces south of New Delhi than the proud Thakore clansman, Man Singh.
From Time Magazine Archive
For on each bough hung a picture of a clansman, a reminder of the courtyards so far away.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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