clansman

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Recent Examples of clansman Then again, Christopher Lambert doesn't exactly sell his lead role as a Scottish clansman. Clark Collis, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2020 When one of Shade’s clansmen sleeps with a woman from another tribe, Shade is called upon to avenge the curse this affair will wreak on his people. Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2019 Thousands of spectators attend the yearly event where clansmen test each other’s prowess in various competitions, including bagpiping, drumming, highland dancing and sheep dog trials. San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2019 About 10,000 people gather for the event, in which clansmen compete in various competitions, including bagpiping, drumming, highland dancing, athletics and sheep dog trials. Lisa Deaderick, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 June 2018 The design, which depicts two giants, the Taku River, clansmen, a bear holding a shield, the sun, a wolf and more, is starting to take shape. Alex McCarthy, The Seattle Times, 16 Dec. 2017 But unbeknownst to Claire, Jamie did in fact survive the Battle of Culloden while most of his Highlander clansmen did not. Sydney Bucksbaum, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Sep. 2017 And in addition to physical threats, Jamie has to face the trauma of losing Claire, and nearly all of his clansmen. Cara Kelly, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2017 By marshaling the support of fellow clansmen and other donors, the project drew support from as far away as the United States and Britain, providing crucial food and water to nearly 1,000 families. Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clansman
Noun
  • Rediscovering his family’s ancestral land centuries after the religious wars forced those kinsmen to flee, our caballero soon steps in to protect a local clan from an oppressive landowner and his abusive henchmen.
    Ben Croll, Variety, 20 Sep. 2024
  • At the time of President Lincoln's assassination, my father was in Washington visiting his kinsman, Col. Thomas M. Vincent, who was on the staff of the Adjutant General.
    Chris Ciaccia, Fox News, 3 Sep. 2020
Noun
  • Justice Jackson herself is a descendant of enslaved people.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 20 Jan. 2025
  • The child needs to be your son, daughter, stepchild, eligible foster child, sibling or descendant, such as a grandchild.
    Robert Thorpe, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Their analysis — which involved examining genetic data and 25 years’ worth of photos — revealed that just 7% of male humpbacks showed evidence of having sired offspring.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2025
  • An orca who carried her dead calf’s body for weeks has lost another offspring.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Many clients are anxious and disturbed, not only because relatives’ flights have been canceled, but because of other actions the administration has already taken to clamp down on immigration.
    Sharon Bernstein, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The album’s cover — showing two modest, white, plastic chairs used by families everywhere — has inspired fans from around the world to share their memories of home and visits to relatives long gone.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Not all significant social movements were progressive: Gordon also sketches the largely nonviolent northern branch of the nativist and racist Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s, as well as its highly violent progeny, the 1930s American fascist movement.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Once inside our cells, the viruses can crank out hundreds to thousands of progeny, thus causing an active infection.
    Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Frangieh, the head of the Maranda movement, was the scion of an old Lebanese political family (his grandfather had been president during the 1970s), a friend of Syria's Bashar Al-Assad, and was considered to be malleable by the then-powerful Hezbollah.
    Daniel Markind, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The scion also had been linked to a karaoke club in Oakland Chinatown, where state authorities during a raid found narcotics and women suspected of being human trafficking victims.
    Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2025

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“Clansman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clansman. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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