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Ku Klux Klan Definition

☆ Ku· Klux· Klan (ko̵̅o̅′ kluks′ klan′, kyo̵̅o̅′-)

noun

  1. a secret society of white men founded in the S States after the Civil War to reestablish and maintain white supremacy
  2. a secret society organized in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1915 as “the Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan”: it is anti-black, anti-Semitic, anti-Catholic, etc., and uses terrorist methods

Etymology: Ku Klux + klan, arbitrary sp. for clan

Ku Klux Klan Synonyms

Ku Klux Klan

n.

secret racist society, white supremacy group, hate group, KKK, the Klan, cloaked avengers*, bedsheet nightriders*.

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