ancestress
Americannoun
Gender
What's the difference between ancestress and ancestor? See -ess.
Etymology
Origin of ancestress
First recorded in 1570–80; ancest(o)r + -ess
Example Sentences
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The spider in Little Miss Muffitt and the lupine ancestress in Little Red Riding Hood breed fear-complexes.
From Time Magazine Archive
A polished biography of an un cut gem of a woman, Sir Winston's ancestress, Sarah Churchill, who helped make the 18th century glitter.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week she followed her ancestress Sheba to Jerusalem.
From Time Magazine Archive
Alone, save for two attendants, he appeared, once before midnight and once after, at the shrine of his ancestress the Sun Goddess and offered her a sacrifice of holy rice.
From Time Magazine Archive
I had an ancestress with a long gray tail and eyes as beady as mine, and her name was Katinka Van Tassel.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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