单词 | kleagle |
释义 | Kleaglen. A title given to an officer of the Ku-Klux-Klan. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > secret society > [noun] > Ku Klux Klan > member of Ku-Klux1868 Ku-Klux Klansman1868 Kluxer1879 Klansman1905 Ku-Klux Klaner1923 Kleagle1924 1924 J. M. Mecklin Ku Klux Klan i. 8 The head of the promotion department as a whole was Imperial Kleagle E. Y. Clarke... The head of the ‘realm’, or state, was called a King Kleagle, and the house-to-house solicitors, or legwork men, were called Kleagles. 1924 E. T. Bynum Personal Recoll. 8 The Kleagle showed considerable irritation in the conversation which followed. 1929 Sun (Baltimore) 31 Jan. 1/2 There was a time when Johnston could have called the roll of the kleagles and merely waited for donations to roll in. 1949 Time 13 June 24/1 Samuel Green, the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, was frantically exhorting his Kleagles and Cyclops to mass for a big night of cross-burning and hate-spieling. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < |
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