ancestress

English

Etymology

From ancestor +‎ -ess.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ănʹsĕs-trəs, IPA^(key): /ˈæn.sɛs.tɹəs/

or

• enPR: ănʹsĕs-trĭs, IPA^(key): /ˈæn.sɛs.tɹɪs/

Noun

ancestress (plural ancestresses)

1. (dated) 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.

Translations

female ancestor

• Finnish: esiäiti (fi)
• German: Vorfahrin (de) f, Ahnin (de) f
• Latin: genetrix f
• Maori: whāwhārua
• Polish: przodkini f, antenatka f (literary)
• Portuguese: ancestral (pt) f, progenitora (pt) f, avoenga f
• Telugu: పూర్వికురాలు (pūrvikurālu)

Anagrams

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