Scion is a related term of clan.
As nouns the difference between scion and clan
is that scion is a descendant, especially a first-generation descendant while clan is .
scion
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Noun
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en noun)
A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant.
A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.
The heir to a throne.
A guardian.
Quotations
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* 1966 , , An Early Passover , Clifton Pub. Co., paperback edition, page 24
*: It was said to him that those people were the scions of Zion.
* 1986 , , Penguin, paperback edition, page 72
*: He could show his parents Eliot, scion of Derek Moulthorp, and then how could they say he was throwing his life away?
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clan
Noun
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(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)