单词 | ancestress |
释义 | ancestress|ˈænsɪstrɪs| Also 6 auncestrese. [f. ancestor n. + -ess; of Eng. formation, there being no analogous word in Fr.] A female ancestor.
1580T. Norton in Wright Q. Eliz. Orig. Lett. (1838) II. 124 An Englishe treatise..wherein her Majestie's auncestrese is termed base in contempt. 1826Scott Woodst. (1832) I. xii. 227 What if the soul of an ancestress of hers and yours were now addressing you? 1874Helps Soc. Press. ix. 132 The ladies of the present day..suffer much more waste in their households, than their ancestresses did. |

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