Word
Ku Klux Klan, n.
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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KKK
Klan
Ku Klux Klan
semantic pointers
domain of synset (topic)
terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act
instance hypernym
secret society
terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO
domain of synset (region)
South
member meronym
klavern
grand dragon
Klansman, Ku Kluxer, Kluxer