clanswoman

noun

clans·​wom·​an ˈklanz-ˌwu̇-mən 

plural 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

Word History

First Known Use

1815, in the meaning defined above

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