CASSANDRA


Meaning of CASSANDRA in English

/keuh san"dreuh/ , n.

1. Also called Alexandra . Class. Myth. a daughter of Priam and Hecuba, a prophet cursed by Apollo so that her prophecies, though true, were fated never to be believed.

2. a person who prophesies doom or disaster.

3. a female given name: from a Greek word meaning "helper of men."

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .