Cassandra

  1. Proper noun.  (Greek mythology) Daughter of King Priam of Troy and his queen Hecuba, who captured the eye of Apollo and was granted the ability to see the future. However, she was destined to never be believed.
  2. Proper noun.  (given name, female) .
  3. Proper noun.  A person who makes predictions which are never believed but turn out to be true.

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