klavern

[ klav-ern ]

noun

1. a local branch of the Ku Klux Klan.
2. a meeting place of the Ku Klux Klan.

Word History and Origins

Origin of klavern¹

First recorded in 1920–25; Kl(an) + (c)avern

Example Sentences

Within a year of becoming “naturalized,” he’d become a Grand Knight Hawk of the “klavern” based in rural north central Florida.

From Seattle Times

The local klavern was designated Klan No. 9, and the Daily Progress gave its meetings and cross-burnings favorable coverage.

From Washington Post

Ellis was the Exalted Cyclops of the Durham, N.C., klavern of the United Klans of America.

From New York Times

In the 1970s and 80s it mostly manifested in the dying klaverns of the KKK, or small groups of neo-Nazis running around the Pacific Northwest robbing banks to raise funds to start race wars.

From Salon

The Klansmen had been sent out by their klavern to find a black man, any black man, and kill him.

From Washington Post