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KLAVERN
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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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