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Definition of: Ku Klux Klan
(ky
′ kluks′ klan′) noun
1. secret society in the southern United States after the Civil War, aiming to prevent Negro ascendency.
2. A modern secret society, founded in 1915 at Atlanta, Ga., aiming at arbitrary regulation of life by white Protestants: also Ku–Klux Klan.
3. A member of either society. [Alter. of Gk. kyklos a circle]
—Ku′ Klux′ Klan′ner.
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