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ANCESTRESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ancestress mean?
• ANCESTRESS (noun)
The noun ANCESTRESS has 1 sense:
1. a woman ancestor
Familiarity information: ANCESTRESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A woman ancestor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("ancestress" is a kind of...):
ancestor; antecedent; ascendant; ascendent; root (someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent))
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