ancestress

/ˌænˈsɛstrəs/
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Other forms: ancestresses

Definitions of ancestress
  1. noun
    a woman ancestor
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    type of:
    ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root
    someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
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