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ancestress Definition

an·ces·tress (an′ses′trəs)

noun

a female ancestor ( & )

ancestress Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • mine: The Quaker woman Elizabeth Hooton was an ancestress of mine.

Converse of object

  • become: She thus became an ancestress of the Ormsby-Gore family.

Adjective modifier

  • distant: When you say " we turned from Dea " , are you referring to some distant ancestress of contemporary maid?

Browse dictionary entries near ancestress

  1. ‹ ancestral
  2. ‹ ancestor
  3. ‹ -ance
  4. ‹ anc
  5. ‹ Anaximander
  6. ‹ Anaxagoras
  7. ‹ anatto
  8. ‹ anatropous
  9. ‹ anatomy
  10. ‹ anatomize
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