| 单词 | ku klux klan |
| 释义 | Ku Klux Klan (kuː klʌks klæn) proper noun [with singular or plural verb] The Ku Klux Klan is a secret organization of white Protestant men in the United States which promotes violence against black people, Jews, and other minorities. Ku Klux Klan in British English (ˈkuː ˈklʌks ˈklæn) noun 1. a secret organization of White Southerners formed after the US Civil War to fight Black emancipation and Northern domination 2. a secret organization of White Protestant Americans, mainly in the South, who use violence against Black people, Jewish people, and other minority groups Derived forms Ku Kluxer or Ku Klux Klanner noun Ku Kluxism noun Word origin C19 Ku Klux, probably based on Greek kuklos circle + Klan clanKu Klux Klan in American English (ˌkuˌ klʌksˈ klæn; ˌ kjuˌklʌksˈklæn) US 1. a secret society of white men founded in the S States after the Civil War to reestablish and maintain white supremacy 2. a secret society organized in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1915 as “the Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan”: it is anti-black, anti-Semitic, anti-Catholic, etc., and uses terrorist methods Word origin Ku Klux + klan, arbitrary sp. for UNRESOLVED CROSS REF |
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