clanfellow

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a member of the same clan; a kinsman

   He greeted the stranger warmly on learning he was a clanfellow.

A compound of clan + fellow. Clan is from Scottish Gaelic clann ('children, offspring, family'), from Old Irish cland, ultimately from Latin planta ('plant, offshoot'); fellow is from Old Norse félagi ('partner').

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