ancestress

[ an-ses-tris or, especially British, -suh-stris ]

/ ˈæn sɛs trɪs or, especially British, -sə strɪs /

noun

a woman from whom a person is descended.

Origin of ancestress

First recorded in 1570–80; ancest(o)r + -ess

usage note for ancestress

See -ess.

Words nearby ancestress

Ancaster, -ance, ancestor, ancestor worship, ancestral, ancestress, ancestry, Anchises, ancho, anchor, anchorage

Example sentences from the Web for ancestress

On one or two groups Mafuia, an ancestress of Maui, is mentioned as finding the fire.
Legends of Ma-ui--a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina|W. D. Westervelt
From her ancestress Eve woman was believed to inherit the natural propensity to lure man to his undoing.
Taboo and Genetics|Melvin Moses Knight, Iva Lowther Peters, and Phyllis Mary Blanchard
Sunbird, fly away, fly to my ancestress' house; bring me apples and pears; come back soon.
Comparative Studies in Nursery Rhymes|Lina Eckenstein
Jack and I saw it together, and he laughed, and said now he knew who my first ancestress was.
A Soldier of the Legion|C. N. Williamson

The Quaker woman Elizabeth Hooton was an ancestress of mine.
Mark Twain's Speeches|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

单词	ancestress
释义	ancestress [ an-ses-tris or, especially British, -suh-stris ] / ˈæn sɛs trɪs or, especially British, -sə strɪs / noun a woman from whom a person is descended. Origin of ancestress First recorded in 1570–80; ancest(o)r + -ess usage note for ancestress See -ess. Words nearby ancestress Ancaster, -ance, ancestor, ancestor worship, ancestral, ancestress, ancestry, Anchises, ancho, anchor, anchorage Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ancestress On one or two groups Mafuia, an ancestress of Maui, is mentioned as finding the fire. Legends of Ma-ui--a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina\|W. D. Westervelt From her ancestress Eve woman was believed to inherit the natural propensity to lure man to his undoing. Taboo and Genetics\|Melvin Moses Knight, Iva Lowther Peters, and Phyllis Mary Blanchard Sunbird, fly away, fly to my ancestress' house; bring me apples and pears; come back soon. Comparative Studies in Nursery Rhymes\|Lina Eckenstein Jack and I saw it together, and he laughed, and said now he knew who my first ancestress was. A Soldier of the Legion\|C. N. Williamson The Quaker woman Elizabeth Hooton was an ancestress of mine. Mark Twain's Speeches\|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
随便看	pimply pimpmobile pimp up pin pinaceous pinacoid pinafore pinafore dress pinafore, h.m.s. pinang pinard pinar del río pinard's maneuver pinaster pinatubo pinay pin back one's ears pinball pinballer pinball machine pinbone pin boy pincement pince-nez pincer movement