ancestress
English
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- enPR: ănʹsĕs-trəs, IPA(key): /ˈæn.sɛs.tɹəs/
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- enPR: ănʹsĕs-trĭs, IPA(key): /ˈæn.sɛs.tɹɪs/
Noun
ancestress (plural ancestresses)
- A female ancestor.
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
- 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 in my imagination.
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