Klansman

See also: klansman

English

Alternative forms

• klansman (much less common)
• Clansman (much less common)

Etymology

From Klan +‎ -s- +‎ man. (Klan's man) (KKK clansman).

Pronunciation

• Homophone: clansman

Noun

Klansmen marching in Washington, DC

Klansman (plural Klansmen)

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

   Hypernyms: Klansperson, Kluxer, Ku Kluxer

   Coordinate term: Klanswoman

   • 1868, Robert Henry Newell, Smoked Glass, page 103:

     Klansmen — Behold the Deed without a name

See also

• whitecapper
• nightrider

See also

• clansman