Klann.

1867 Citizen (Pulaski, Tennessee) 29 Mar. 3/1 The Kuklux Klan will assemble at their usual place of rendezvous.., exactly at the hour of midnight, in costume and bearing the arms of the Klan.

1868 Cent. Mag. XXVIII. 409/1 The Klan now, as in the past, is prohibited from doing such things.

1884 Cent. Mag. July 398/1 The secret history of the Invisible Empire, as the [Ku Klux] Klan was also called.

1924 J. M. Mecklin Ku Klux Klan i. 3 The modern Klan was organized by William J. Simmons in 1915.

1924 J. M. Mecklin Ku Klux Klan i. 5 Masked men leaped from their cars clad in Klan regalia.

1973 Freedomways 13 31 The..killings and the Attica prison slaughter are remindful of the post-Civil War Klan days.

1973 Guardian 23 Mar. 15/2 A former member of the Klan, Senator Byrd has a dismal voting record on social and civil rights issues.

1905 T. Dixon (title) The Clansman.

1924 J. M. Mecklin Ku Klux Klan i. 6 Public sentiment..seems to have supported the Klansmen.

1953 Manch. Guardian Weekly 31 Dec. 11 A klansman from Georgia.

1973 Black Panther 1 Sept. 8/3 The Assistant District Attorney tossed out the charges saying that although the law prohibits Klansmen from appearing in public, the faces of the 24 were visible.