KLAVERN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A local unit of the Ku Klux Klan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("klavern" is a kind of...):

social unit; unit (an organization regarded as part of a larger social group)

Domain category:

act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)

Holonyms ("klavern" is a member of...):

KKK; Klan; Ku Klux Klan (a secret society of white Southerners in the United States; was formed in the 19th century to resist the emancipation of slaves; used terrorist tactics to suppress Black people)

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