Clan /(klăn)/

Clan

n.
  1. A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the clan of Macdonald.
  2. A clique; a sect, society, or body of persons; esp., a body of persons united by some common interest or pursuit; -- sometimes used contemptuously.
    Partidge and the rest of his clan may hoot me.
    — Smolett.
    The whole clan of the enlightened among us.