ancestress
/ˈæn.sɛs.tɹəs/
ancestress noun: a female ancestor.
Noun
ancestress (plural ancestresses)
- A female ancestor.
- The strange legend that you will find inscribed by your remote ancestress upon the potsherd was communicated to me by my father on his deathbed, and took a strong hold upon my imagination.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, “The Sherd of Amenartas”, in She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC, page 27
- Synonyms:
- ancestrix
ancestress meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu
ancestress in Hindi
- female ancestor
- पुरखिन purkhin
ancestress in Tamil
- முன்னோள், குலமுதல்வி
ancestress in Telugu
- female ancestor
- పూర్వికురాలు pūrvikurālu
Synonyms of ancestress
Forms of ancestress
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Origin of ancestress
From ancestor + -ess.
Questions about ancestress
- What does ancestress mean?
- Ancestress means a female ancestor.
- What is ancestress in Hindi?
- Ancestress in Hindi is पुरखिन (purkhin). See Ancestress meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ancestress?
- Ancestress is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ancestress?
- Ancestress is pronounced /ˈæn.sɛs.tɹəs/.
- What is the plural of ancestress?
- The plural of ancestress is ancestresses.
Words near ancestress in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ancestress (page history and authors); ancestress (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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