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单词 ancestress
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Definition of ancestress in English:

ancestress

nounˈansəstrəs
  • A woman, typically one more remote than a grandparent, from whom one is descended.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Once upon a time, my ancestresses knelt in great forests alone or with sisters of their kind.
    • Specifically, she argues that visual art has primarily been a female tradition, started by ancient ancestresses that influenced their descendants to be more cooperative with each other.
    • Let me picture him dying, my ancestress by his side, happy after years of love.
    • After a minute or two my beautiful ancestress would disappear briefly, soon to return with the satisfaction of a duty performed.
    • It is not only the passing of the Copley ancestress that is being noticed, but the reckless and desperate collapse of the old economic order - those sherry-sipping ‘poised relations’ waiting for the will to be read.
 
 

Definition of ancestress in US English:

ancestress

nounˈænˌsɛstrəsˈanˌsestrəs
  • A woman, typically one more remote than a grandparent, from whom one is descended.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • After a minute or two my beautiful ancestress would disappear briefly, soon to return with the satisfaction of a duty performed.
    • Specifically, she argues that visual art has primarily been a female tradition, started by ancient ancestresses that influenced their descendants to be more cooperative with each other.
    • It is not only the passing of the Copley ancestress that is being noticed, but the reckless and desperate collapse of the old economic order - those sherry-sipping ‘poised relations’ waiting for the will to be read.
    • Let me picture him dying, my ancestress by his side, happy after years of love.
    • Once upon a time, my ancestresses knelt in great forests alone or with sisters of their kind.
 
 
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