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# ancestress

noun (ancestresses)

«ancestress» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

An ancestress is a woman from whom a family or people is descended; a female ancestor long ago. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ancestress/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, the great mother of a family who gave her children special skills or powers

### Examples

- Her ancestress was a famous queen of the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ancestress/#x1)
- The healers said their skill came from an ancestress. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ancestress/#x2)
- He was as beautiful as his ancestress. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ancestress/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ancestress» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ancestress/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ancestress» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ancestress.html) on Mova free.