Definition of Clansmen

1. Noun. (irregular plural of clansman) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Clansmen

1. clansman [n] - See also: clansman

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clansmen

clanking
clankingly
clankless
clanks
clanky
clanless
clanlessness
clannish
clannishly
clannishness
clannishnesses
clans
clanship
clanships
clansman
clansmen (current term)
clansperson
clanswoman
clap on
clap skate
clap together
clap up
clapalong
clapalongs
clapboard
clapboarded
clapboarding
clapboards
clapdish

Literary usage of Clansmen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Language, Poetry, and Music of the Highland Clans: With by Donald Campbell (1862)
"And must we mourn that thus his bright Thy country's weal, thy clansmen's proud career regard, Too soon was closed—because he knew Were all thou sought'st ..."

2. The Aryan Household: Its Structure and Its Development : an Introduction to by William Edward Hearn (1891)
"The clansmen lived together : they held joint interests in landed property : they managed, for certain purposes, that property in common. ..."

3. The Leopard's Spots: A Romance of the White Man's Burden--1865-1900 by Thomas Dixon (1902)
"... CHAPTER XIX THE RALLY OF THE clansmen WHEN the Preacher took the train in Boston for the South, his friendly merchant, a deacon, was by his side. ..."

4. Ireland Past and Present by Augustus J. Thébaud, John Habberton (1878)
"... orders so dear to the Irish heart, were soon made to feel the indignation which those events had excited among the native clansmen, north and south. ..."

5. The Loyal Ronins: An Historical Romance by Shunshō Tamenaga (1880)
"THE clansmen PREPARE TO DEFEND THE CASTLE. " The beautiful lotus springs from the mud. Loyalty knows no distinction of rank." This ancient maxim admirably ..."

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