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
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    "Nor could be omitted from the purple record the later ancestress, Moya Doolen."
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