plural clanswomen
Definition of clanswoman
: a woman who is a member of a clan
The fear of incest … originated in the dangers attributed to contact with the menstrual blood of a clanswoman.— L. R. Hiatt, Argument about Aborigines, 1990
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The first known use of clanswoman was in 1815
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