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clanswoman

American  
[klanz-woom-uhn] / ˈklænzˌwʊm ən /

noun

plural

clanswomen
  1. a woman who belongs to a clan.


clanswoman British  
/ ˈklænzˌwʊmən /

noun

  1. a woman belonging to a clan

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Etymology

Origin of clanswoman

First recorded in 1895–1900; clan + 's 1 + woman

Example Sentences

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However, it is clear that, if his daughter becomes a clanswoman, then he can no longer maintain this aloofness towards the clan.

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He was deemed to have offended the honour of the powerful Mastosi clan by allegedly having an affair with a clanswoman.

From BBC

Be it known that she is henceforth Dana, a clanswoman of Alanna.

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Unlike his clanswoman, who was buried “like a Roman woman of the old blood,” he was buried in gorgious fashion—in the graveyard of Manston Church, near Leeds.

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There is not a Laird of Crawford that was not nursed on some clanswoman's breast.

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