From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishclanclan /klæn/●くろまる○しろまる○しろまる noun [countable]1SSOa large group of families who often share the same namethe Campbell clanwarring clans2FAMILY informal a very large familyThe whole clan will be here over Christmas.Examples from the Corpusclan• My own family was at once strongly nuclear and part of what can only be called a clan.• Murphy, Jamie, and the rest of the O'Brien clan will be here for Thanksgiving.• Tell him we will go upriver, to the Cheng clan in the Su Sung Tai.• The branches of the hierarchicaltreehide this secret organisation with its innerclan of unknownlieutenants possessing mythical powers.• Most people want many sons because they carry on the family line and that means our clan can claim more land.• War and isolation have proved an idealbreedingground for corruption and feuding between rival political clans.• Several clans made up a tribe, although there appears to have been no centralleadershipexcept in times of war.• The scullions sweated and ducked at the spits and bake-ovens built around the exercise ground for the clan to feast.Originclan(1400-1500)Scottish Gaelicclann"family, race, clan", from Old Irishcland"new growth on a plant, offspring", from Latinplanta; → PLANT1