klavern

[ klav-ern ]
/ ˈklæv ərn /

noun

a local branch of the Ku Klux Klan.
a meeting place of the Ku Klux Klan.

Origin of klavern

First recorded in 1920–25; Kl(an) + (c)avern

Words nearby klavern

klap, klappvisier, klatsch, klaus, klausenburg, klavern, klavier, klaxon, kleagle, klebs, klebs-löffler bacillus

Example sentences from the Web for klavern

  • Most of this secret work is called the “Way of the Klavern,” and is unimportant.

    The Modern Ku Klux Klan |Henry Peck Fry