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Definitions for ku klux klan

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Ku Klux Klan, Klan, KKK(noun)

    a secret society of white Southerners in the United States; was formed in the 19th century to resist the emancipation of slaves; used terrorist tactics to suppress Black people

Wiktionary

  1. Ku Klux Klan(ProperNoun)

    A secret society that uses terrorism to promote white supremacy. It primarily operated in the southern United States of America during the mid-1900s.

    2. Origin: Probably based on κύκλος and clan.

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