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A prophetess who was daughter of King Priam of Troy and his queen Hecuba. She captured the eye of Apollo and was granted the ability to see the future; however, she was destined never to be believed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Greek
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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A female given name from Ancient Greek.
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An unincorporated community in Walker County, Georgia, United States.
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A small borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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A person who makes dire predictions, especially those which are not believed but which turn out to be true.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: doomsayer, ariolater, Chaldean, clairvoyant, divinator, diviner, duckerer, foreteller, fortuneteller, oracle, precog, precognitive, predictor, prognosticator, prophet, pythonist, scryer, seer, soothsayer, sortilegus, spaer
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Synonym of leather leaf (“Chamaedaphne calyculata”).
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(Greek mythology) a prophetess in Troy during the Trojan War whose predictions were true but were never believed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: prophetess
History
From Ancient Greek Κασσάνδρα (Kassándra).
Across languages
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