clan leaders
Ruling family elders
Clan leaders are the heads of clans—extended family groups united by kinship, often sharing a common ancestor.
The term appears in discussions of Scottish Highland history, tribal societies, and online gaming, where clans are player-formed groups and clan leaders manage membership and coordinate activities: The clan leader organized the raid.
- headmanLeader of a community
- chieftainLeader of a tribe
- tribal chiefLeader of indigenous group
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
- matriarchFemale family leader
council of elders · big men · lineage · arbitration · consensus-building · elder · alliances · laird · kinship group · succession · power struggle · tribal governance · heritage · conflict resolution · tradition · warlords · family tree · ancestral lands
- tribal peopletribespeople, tribesman, chief, tribal chiefs, headman
- elder councilstribal council, council of elders, village council, elders
- Korean Nobilitynoble families, nobles, kings, queens, princes
- notable womenRosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Florence Nightingale, Susan B. Anthony
- ancestorsancestor, ancestors, forebears, forebear, forbear
- leadersleader, boss, bosses, chiefs, heads of state
clan leaderselected officials
Leaders chosen by vote
elected representatives · presidents · prime ministers · congressmen · senators
clan leadersfollowers
People who support someone
subjects · commoners · subordinates · rank and file · serfs
clan leadersoutsiders
Those not belonging
strangers · lone wolves · individualists · loners · nomads