Meanings
nounancestress (plural ancestresses)
plural ancestresses
- datedA female ancestor.
The strange legend that you will find inscribed by your remote ancestress upon the potsherd was communicated to me by my father on his deathbed, and took a strong hold upon my imagination.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, “The Sherd of Amenartas”, in She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC, page 27Synonyms: ancestrix
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA female ancestor.
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Translations
Finnish esiäiti
- esiäitifemale ancestor
German Vorfahrin, Ahnin
- Vorfahrinfemale ancestor
- Ahninfemale ancestor
Hindi पुरखिन
- पुरखिन (purkhin)female ancestor
Latin genetrīx
- genetrīxfemale ancestor
Māori whāwhārua
- whāwhāruafemale ancestor
Polish przodkini, antenatka
- przodkinifemale ancestor
- antenatkafemale ancestor
Portuguese ancestral, progenitora
- ancestralfemale ancestor
- progenitorafemale ancestor
- avoengafemale ancestor
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