Definition of clanswoman
clanswomen
: 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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First Known Use of clanswoman
1815
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