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Definition of Ancestress
1. Noun. A woman ancestor.
Definition of Ancestress
1. n. A female ancestor.
Definition of Ancestress
1. Noun. female ancestor ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ancestress
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Medical Definition of Ancestress
1. A female ancestor. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ancestress
Literary usage of Ancestress
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Woman; Her Position, Influence, and Achievement Throughout the Civilized by William C. King (1902)
"ancestress OF THE HUMAN RACE. OD'S creative work reached its climax in man.
Man stood at the head of all his Creator's work — but he was alone. ..."
2. The American Monthly Magazine by Daughters of the American Revolution (1897)
"Wheeler's History of North Carolina. Appleton's Biographic Dictionary. A REVOLUTIONARY
ancestress. ..."
3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"From her, the ancestress of the Cassel and Darmstadt branches of the House of
Hesse, is descended the present (1874) Princess (Alexandra) of Wales. ..."
4. Tseʾenah U-reʾenah =: Tzeénah Ureénah : "Go Ye and See" : a Rabbinical by Yaakov ben Yitzchak Ashkenazi, Paul Isaac Hershon (1885)
"The presents Laban took and gave to Leah, and Rachel did not report it to Jacob.
As a reward, she was the ancestress of Benjamin, ..."
5. The Heroines of Welsh History: Comprising Memoirs and Biographical Notices by Thomas Jeffery Llewelyn Prichard (1854)
"... ANGLESEA, AND ancestress OF NUMEROUS GREAT FAMILIES IN NORTH WALES. THIS lady,
like Catherine Tudor of Berain, lives in her descendants more than ..."
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