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Clan vs Multiclan - What's the difference?

clan | multiclan |

As a noun clan

is .

As an adjective multiclan is

of or pertaining to more than one clan.

clan

English

(wikipedia clan)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (anthropology) A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief.
  • A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain
  • Any association of people behaving clannishly.
  • (video games) A group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games.
  • A badger colony.

    • Derived terms

    * clannish * matriclan * patriclan

    Descendants

    * Dutch: (l) * German: (l)

    multiclan

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to more than one clan.
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