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Cassandra definition

Cas·san·dra (kə san′drə)

noun

  1. Gr. Myth. a daughter of Priam and Hecuba: to win her love, Apollo gives her prophetic power, but when thwarted, decrees that no one should believe her prophecies
  2. a person whose warnings of misfortune are disregarded

Etymology: L < Gr Kassandra

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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