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Definition of Klansman

1. Noun. A member of the Ku Klux Klan.

Definition of Klansman

1. Proper noun. A man who is a member of the Ku Klux Klan ¹

2. Noun. A man who is a member of the Ku Klux Klan ¹

3. Noun. (offensive slang) A very offensive term for a white person unrelated to the KKK or racist ideology ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Klansman

Literary usage of Klansman

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

1. The Ku Klux Klan: A History of Racism & Violence edited by Sara Bullard (1998)
"As a klansman in the 1970s, he was a vocal supporter of paramilitary training. When the Klan began to stagger under the weight of lawsuits and internal ..."

2. Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society by Mississippi Historical Society, Franklin Lafayette Riley (1913)
"The negro went to a nearby well and got a cupful for the klansman. When he offered it to him the klansman, with another oath, told him to bring him a ..."

3. Racial and Ethnic Tensions in American Communities: Poverty, Inequality, and edited by Mary F. Berry, Cruz Reynoso, Carl A. Anderson (1997)
"He's probably the only traditional klansman that's had significant growth in ... I mean this is talk from a klansman and he's trying to gain the ear of ..."

4. False Patriots: The Threat of Antigovernment Extremists by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"In a 1992 speech at a Patriot conference sponsored by Identity minister Pete Peters, former klansman Louis Beam congratulated his coalition audience of ..."

5. The Artillery of Nathan Bedford Forrest's Cavalry, "the Wizard of the Saddle by John Watson Morton (1909)
"... klansman, dead or alive, who dared to show himself abroad. "On the night appointed the squadron of sixteen white and scarlet horsemen moved out of the ..."

6. Cold Storage: Super-Maximum Security Confinement in Indiana by Jamie Fellner, Joanne Mariner (1997)
"... the phrase "fuck all niggers" scratched into the mirror, and an intricate drawing of a hooded klansman poised over the bed. The prisoner stated that he ..."

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