kuklux Meaning, Definition & Usage

Ku`klux" noun
Definitions
  1. The name adopted in the southern part of the United States by a secret political organization, active for several years after the close of the Civil War, and having for its aim the repression of the political power of the freedmen; -- called also Kuklux Klan. also spelled Ku Klux Klan, also called the Klan.

Webster 1913