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  • adjective Without a clan.

Etymologies

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clan +‎ -less

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Examples

  • "Albeit, " he added painfully, -one who is presently clanless.

    The Cat is a Metaphor 2010

  • "Thanks to Barriss" and Jedi largesse, for two clanless vagabonds they had come a very long way in an exceedingly short time.

    The Cat is a Metaphor 2010

  • Outlanders, bandits, clanless orphans might be abandoned in death.

    Spirit Gate 2006

  • “Ah, but then you must remember, clanless one, that in the Second World, in which the legendary Galen Sword now lives, so are … vampires.”

    THE WAR OF THE PROPHETS JUDITH REEVES-STEVENS GARFIELD REEVES-STEVENS 2000

  • "He was telling me about a clanless trading house that is wealthier and more influential than many of the smaller clan houses."

    The Magi'i Of Cyador Modesitt, L. E. 2000

  • Lorn smiles as he walks up the steps - wider and older than those on the clanless side of the Plaza, with depressions in the center of the granite risers.

    Scion of Cyador Modesitt, L. E. 2000

  • Your dismissal will be conveyed to the Traders 'Council, and to all the clanless traders as well, along with the reasons for my action.

    Scion of Cyador Modesitt, L. E. 2000

  • It was a gift from the man whom he had called Father, and always made him feel less clanless and kinless.

    Conan and The Gods of The Mountain Green, Roland 1993

  • Wobeku had not broken any taboos as yet tonight, as Valeria was clanless, if not a witch.

    Conan and The Gods of The Mountain Green, Roland 1993

  • He looked from Tyorl to Kelida, he homeless, she clanless, and Stanach shivered.

    Stormblade Berberick, Nancy Varian 1988

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