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ancestress
[ an-ses-trisor, especially British, -suh-stris ]
noun
- a woman from whom a person is descended.
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Gender Note
What's the difference between ancestress and ancestor? See -ess.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ancestress1
First recorded in 1570–80; ancest(o)r + -ess
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Example Sentences
A divine ancestress of the Bantiks, a tribe inhabiting the Celebes Islands, came down from the sky with seven companions to bathe.
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The name of Keturah their ancestress means "incense," and points to the incense-bearing lands of the south.
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She was ancestress of the present Earl of Derby, and founded a perpetual chantry.
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This same ancestress lay buried in Kensington Church, in front of the pulpit.
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I say there must needs be this similarity, because the ancestress was Romany.
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