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Cassandras

Cassandras is the plural of Cassandra.

Meaning of Cassandra

Noun

Cassandra (plural Cassandras)

  1. A person who makes dire predictions, especially those which are not believed but which turn out to be true. Named after Trojan princess Cassandra.
    • "Well, take my word for it, those girls will never marry; marriage is like money—seem to want it, and you never get it." The Cassandra was scarcely departed, when the objects of her oracle appeared—Mrs. Fergusson and her two daughters.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 36

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Questions about Cassandras

What is Cassandras the plural of?
Cassandras is the plural of Cassandra.

Words near Cassandras in the dictionary

  1. cassandra
  2. Cassandra complex
  3. Cassandra complexes
  4. Cassandraic
  5. Cassandran
  6. Cassandras
  7. Cassano
  8. Cassanos
  9. cassapanca
  10. cassapancas
  11. Cassar

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