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ancestress

[an-ses-tris or, especially Brit., -suh-stris]

noun

a woman from whom a person is descended.

Origin:
1570–80; ancest(o)r + -ess

Usage note
See -ess.

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ancestor (ˈænsɛstə)

—n
1.	(often plural) a person from whom another is directly descended, esp someone more distant than a grandparent; forefather
2.	an early type of animal or plant from which a later, usually dissimilar, type has evolved
3.	a person or thing regarded as a forerunner of a later person or thing: the ancestor of the modern camera

[C13: from Old French ancestre, from Late Latin antecēssor one who goes before, from Latin antecēdere; see antecede]

'ancestress

—*fem n*

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