Ku Klux Klan

noun

ˈkü-ˈkləks-ˈklan How to pronounce Ku Klux Klan (audio)

also ˈkyü-,

or ˈklü-

: a violent secret fraternal society founded in 1915 in Georgia to maintain white Protestant cultural and political power

also : any one of more than 20 hate (see hate entry 1 sense 1c) groups that associate themselves with the Ku Klux Klan

: a violent post-Civil War secret society founded in Tennessee in 1866 to upend the Black political and social power that was being established during Reconstruction

Note: This Ku Klux Klan had largely dissolved by the end of the 1870s.

Word History

First Known Use

1867, in the meaning defined at sense 2

单词	Ku Klux Klan
释义	Ku Klux Klan noun ˈkü-ˈkləks-ˈklan also ˈkyü-, or ˈklü- 1 : a violent secret fraternal society founded in 1915 in Georgia to maintain white Protestant cultural and political power also : any one of more than 20 hate (see hate entry 1 sense 1c) groups that associate themselves with the Ku Klux Klan 2 : a violent post-Civil War secret society founded in Tennessee in 1866 to upend the Black political and social power that was being established during Reconstruction Note: This Ku Klux Klan had largely dissolved by the end of the 1870s. Word History First Known Use 1867, in the meaning defined at sense 2
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