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ALL meanings of cassandra

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  • noun cassandra a daughter of Priam and Hecuba, endowed with the gift of prophecy but fated never to be believed 3
  • noun cassandra anyone whose prophecies of doom are unheeded 3
  • noun cassandra 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 3
  • noun cassandra a person whose warnings of misfortune are disregarded 3
  • noun cassandra Also called Alexandra. Classical Mythology. a daughter of Priam and Hecuba, a prophet cursed by Apollo so that her prophecies, though true, were fated never to be believed. 1
  • noun cassandra a person who prophesies doom or disaster. 1
  • noun cassandra a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “helper of men.”. 1
  • noun cassandra A daughter of the Trojan king Priam, who was given the gift of prophecy by Apollo. When she cheated him, however, he turned this into a curse by causing her prophecies, though true, to be disbelieved. 1
  • noun cassandra A person who makes dire predictions, especially those which are not believed but which turn out to be true. 0
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