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Definition of "ancestress" []

  • Female ancestor (noun)

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Use "ancestress" in a sentence
  • "Nor could be omitted from the purple record the later ancestress, Moya Doolen."
  • "The late emperor's brother-in-law and murderer, Lord Urdhven, appoints himself Protector to his nephew, young King Lathmar VII and sets out to kill anyone who stands between himself and mastery of the empire, including (if he can manage it) the king himself and his ancient but still formidable ancestress, Ambrosia Viviana."
  • "The Hershey family name comes from an ancestress who was accused of stealing chocolate by the victim sputtering, Her!"