What is another word for clanswoman?

Pronunciation: [klˈanswʊmən] (IPA)

A clanswoman is a female member of a clan, typically a Scottish or Irish one. However, there are several synonyms that can also be used to refer to a female member of a clan. These include kinswoman, tribe member, family member, relative, blood relation, and kindred spirit. Each of these words conveys a sense of belonging and connection to a larger group, emphasizing the importance of family ties and shared ancestry. Whether you use clanswoman or one of its synonyms, these words all speak to the powerful bonds that tie people together and the importance of familial and communal relationships.

Synonyms for Clanswoman:

What are the hypernyms for Clanswoman?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Clanswoman

However, it is clear that, if his daughter becomes a clanswoman, then he can no longer maintain this aloofness towards the clan.
"The Way of Decision"
M. C. Pease
Everybody seemed to consider Bessie's departure as their own personal loss: the boys were in despair for their playfellow, Ermine would miss those sunny visits; Colonel Keith many a pleasant discussion, replete with delicate compliments to Ermine, veiled by tact; and Lord Keith the pretty young clanswoman who had kept up a graceful little coquetry with him, and even to the last evening, went on walking on the esplanade with him in the sunset, so as to set his brother free to avoid the evening chill.
"The Clever Woman of the Family"
Charlotte M. Yonge
Not one more embrace could I be granted, but my good chaplain Ross-whom the saints rest-baptized her in secret, and Gorion had set two marks on the soft flesh, which he said could never be blotted out in after years, and then her father's clanswoman, Alison Hepburn, undertook to carry her to France, with a letter of mine bound up in her swathing clothes, committing her to the charge of my good aunt, the Abbess of Soissons, in utter secrecy, until better days should come.
"Unknown to History A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scotland"
Charlotte M. Yonge

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