Ancestress
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A female ancestor.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A female ancestor.
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noun.
female
ancestor
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noun.
a woman ancestor
Word Usage
"Nor could be omitted from the purple record the later ancestress, Moya Doolen."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
ancestor
antecedent
ascendant
ascendent
root
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