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Definition of "clansman" []

  • A man belonging to a clan. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "clansman" in a sentence
  • ""Marrakech is the great market of the south...not only the Atlas with its feudal chiefs and their wild clansman, but all that lies beyond of heat and savagery: the Sahara of the veiled Touaregs, Dakka, Timbuctoo, Senegal and the Soudan.""
  • "There is a short martial arts display from Jaa, semi-behind the scenes B-roll footage, a couple of music features involving Wu-Tang clansman RZA, and a short feature on the movements of Muay Thai."
  • "When fifty thousand people in the Shakya clan were killed one day, Shakyamuni Buddha, their clansman, didn't suffer at all."