clannoun [ C, + sing/pl verb ]
uk/klæn/us/klæn/a group of families, especially in Scotland, who originally came from the same family and have the same name
informal a large family, or a group of people who share the same interest:
Is/Are the whole clan coming to visit you for Christmas?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Family: relations in general
- aunt
- auntie
- baby daddy
- be sb's own flesh and blood idiom
- birth mother
- filial
- first cousin
- fraternal
- fraternal twin
- grandchild
- loved one
- maiden aunt
- maternal
- matriarch
- mom-and-pop
- son
- uncle
- working mother/father/parent
- your nearest and dearest idiom
- your own flesh and blood idiom
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Idiom(s)
a/the gathering of the clans