Definitions

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  • noun A branch of a large clan

Etymologies

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sub- +‎ clan

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Examples

  • Weeks later I returned to the area and sought out a certain subclan leader I had heard about.

    How to Get a Nuclear Bomb 2006

  • Weeks later I returned to the area and sought out a certain subclan leader I had heard about.

    How to Get a Nuclear Bomb 2006

  • Because animals are the protection of all the family, the subclan and the clan.

    Aiding Somali Herders a Factor in Fighting Famine 2011

  • In a second recent incident involving the SPLA and a subclan of the Nuer, local officials accused the military of looting and burning Nuer huts, and a group of elders in Unity State wrote a letter to world leaders that said crimes against humanity were committed, including the burning of homes and the killing of civilians.

    Hundreds of civilian casualties in S. Sudan battle 2011

  • Each week he would challenge another star wrestler from this or that subclan.

    Nomad Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2010

  • It would be the same in the East End of London as it was in Somalia: the many wives, the many children and grandchildren, the elders of the clan and the subclan and the brother subclans, scores and scores of relatives would come to my father to pay their respects.

    Nomad Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2010

  • Each week he would challenge another star wrestler from this or that subclan.

    Nomad Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2010

  • She bore him sons but had no idea how to keep order in his camp, how to receive the elders from his subclan and others; she was always late with meals, and her sons were undisciplined.

    Nomad Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2010

  • It would be the same in the East End of London as it was in Somalia: the many wives, the many children and grandchildren, the elders of the clan and the subclan and the brother subclans, scores and scores of relatives would come to my father to pay their respects.

    Nomad Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2010

  • She bore him sons but had no idea how to keep order in his camp, how to receive the elders from his subclan and others; she was always late with meals, and her sons were undisciplined.

    Nomad Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2010

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