Ancestress

/ˈæn.sɛs.tɹəs/

Synonyms for "ancestress" (9 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
ancestorancestral woman

Strong matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
female ancestorfemale elderforemother

Related words (4)

Noun(2 words)
lineage headmatriarch

Related word relations

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More general

8 entries

More specific

6 entries
ancestral womanfamily elderforemothergreat grandmothergreat great grandmotherlineage matriarch

Collocations

6 entries
family matriarchfemale ancestorforemothergenealogical ancestorlineage matriarchmatriarchal lineage

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

1 entries

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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.

Source: wiktionary

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