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- noun A
recruiter for theKu Klux Klan .
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Examples
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However, critics claimed that he earned the rank of "Kleagle" as an active recruiter for the white supremacy organisation, and kept in touch after leaving it in 1943.
Robert Byrd obituary Christopher Reed 2010
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- Robert C. Byrd, speaking as a "Kleagle" for the Klan, 1942
It's Magic! 2008
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"He participated in the KKK for a period of time during World War II, holding the titles" Kleagle ", which indicated a Klan recruiter, and" Exalted Cyclops ". [from Wikipedia]
Sound Politics: McGavick = Human, Liberal Bloggers = Angry 2006
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I was so focused on trying to get Rafsanjani right that I blew the Grand Ayatollah or King Kleagle or Fuehrer or whatever they call him.
‘Don’t tell me words don’t matter.’ - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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Also its interesting that so many of the gun movies mentioned, including Wind and the Lion, Jeremiah Johnson, Dirty Harry, Rough Riders, etc., all involved the talents of writer, director, producer John Millias, a lover of fine guns whose arch conservative views have led him to say that the rest of Hollywood considers him some sort of Grand Kleagle.
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The Democrats have a former KKK Kleagle in the Senate?
Welcome to the Tea Party: Infighting plagues conservative group 2010
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America is also very vulnerable to it's archaic Presidential succession rules....which if DC was nuked with Bush in office might have given us Speaker Pelosi or if she was vaporized perhaps Grand Kleagle Robert Byrd or the then 95 year old Strom Thurmond as the oldest person in the dominant Party.
Russ Feingold's proposed constitutional amendment. Ann Althouse 2009
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By the way, what poltical party to this day honors the "former" West Virginia Grand Kleagle of the KKK, Robert Byrd, as their CURRENT senior U.S.
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Regarding Sen Byrd, it is true that he was a former Klan recriuter (Kleagle).
Dem Who Said Obama "May Be Terrorist-Connected": Fox News Made Me Do It! 2009
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Robb, 43, the grand wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, wants to create a mecca for white supremacists -- and a national headquarters, with a Kleagle in every cabin, for revitalizing the Klan.
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