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ANCESTRESS

 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 


ANCESTRESS (noun)


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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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