Background and Clan

Background

Background noun - The physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed.

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Clan and background are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Clan" instead a noun "Background".

Clan noun - A group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially.

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Background and clan are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Background" instead a noun "Clan".

Nearby Words: clansman, clanship

rich	rich background	rich clan
similar	similar background	similar clan
original	original background	original clan
single	single background	single clan
Other adjectives: actual, entire, extensive, main, aristocratic, criminal, new, minor, mysterious, wealthy, different.

In the historical novel Lorna Doone, the Doone clan are a family of aristocratic background who having fallen on hard times, become bandits who terrorize Exmoor, the novel's setting.

Source: Bandit Clan
When Gordon learns that he may not be from the clan, there's an orbital shot as the words "not from the Highland Quid clan" echo in the background and Gordon has a Heroic B.S.O.D..

Source: Orbital Shot
Ascended Extra: Nne and Tano had been background members of Janja's clan since Return of the Roar.

Source: Western Animation / The Lion Guard

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