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ancestress

/an-ses-tris or, especially British, -suh-stris/US // ˈæn sɛs trɪs or, especially British, -sə strɪs //

祖先,祖宗,祖先们,祖辈

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a woman from whom a person is descended.

Examples

  • A divine ancestress of the Bantiks, a tribe inhabiting the Celebes Islands, came down from the sky with seven companions to bathe.

  • The name of Keturah their ancestress means "incense," and points to the incense-bearing lands of the south.

  • She was ancestress of the present Earl of Derby, and founded a perpetual chantry.

  • This same ancestress lay buried in Kensington Church, in front of the pulpit.

  • I say there must needs be this similarity, because the ancestress was Romany.