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Poetry is the elder sister of history, the mother of language, the ancestress of civilization.
Orson F. Whitney

Meaning of "ancestress" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ANCESTRESS

ancestress  [ˈænsɪstrɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANCESTRESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ancestress is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ANCESTRESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ancestor

An ancestor or forebear is a parent or the parent of an ancestor. Ancestor is "any person from whom one is descended. In law the person from whom an estate has been inherited." Two individuals have a genetic relationship if one is the ancestor of the other, or if they share a common ancestor. In evolutionary theory, species which share an evolutionary ancestor are said to be of common descent. However, this concept of ancestry does not apply to some bacteria and other organisms capable of horizontal gene transfer. Assuming that all of an individual's ancestors are otherwise unrelated to each other, that individual has 2n ancestors in the nth generation before him and a total of about 2g+1 ancestors in the g generations before him. In practice, however, it is clear that the vast majority of ancestors of humans are multiply related. Consider n = 40: the human species is more than 40 generations old, yet the number 240, approximately 1012 or one trillion, dwarfs the number of humans that have ever lived.

Definition of ancestress in the English dictionary

The definition of ancestress in the dictionary is a female ancestor.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANCESTRESS


actress
ˈæktrɪs
concertmistress
ˈkɒnsətˌmɪstrɪs
fortress
ˈfɔːtrɪs
housemistress
ˈhaʊsmɪstrɪs
huntress
ˈhʌntrɪs
mattress
ˈmætrɪs
mistress
ˈmɪstrɪs
quartermistress
ˈkwɔːtəˌmɪstrɪs
schoolmistress
ˈskuːlˌmɪstrɪs
seamstress
ˈsɛmstrɪs
sempstress
ˈsɛmpstrɪs
songstress
ˈsɒŋstrɪs
sub-postmistress
ˌsʌbˈpəʊstmɪstrɪs
taskmistress
ˈtɑːskˌmɪstrɪs
temptress
ˈtɛmptrɪs
upholstress
ʌpˈhəʊlstrɪs
Ventris
ˈvɛntrɪs
waitress
ˈweɪtrɪs
whoremistress
ˈhɔːˌmɪstrɪs
workmistress
ˈwɜːkˌmɪstrɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANCESTRESS

ancestor
ancestorial
ancestral
ancestrally
ancestries
ancestry
Anchises
ancho
anchor
anchor ice
anchor ring
anchorage
anchorage dues
anchorage point
anchoress
anchoret
anchoretic
anchoretical
anchorette
anchorite

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANCESTRESS

address
air mattress
antistress
buttress
cocktail waitress
de-stress
distress
enchantress
headmistress
in distress
inner spring mattress
movie actress
prestress
proprietress
seductress
shear stress
stress
supporting actress
tensile stress
tress
yield stress

Synonyms and antonyms of ancestress in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ancestress» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANCESTRESS

Find out the translation of ancestress to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ancestress from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ancestress» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

祖先
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

antepasada
570 millions of speakers

English

ancestress
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ancestress
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السلف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

прародительницей
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ancestral
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পূর্বপুরুষী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aïeule
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Keturunan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Vorfahrin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ancestorの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

조상이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Leluhur
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tổ mẫu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மூதாதை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पूर्वज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

atalarımla
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

antenata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ancestress
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прародичкою
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

străbuna
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πρόγονος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stammoeder
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ancestress
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stammor
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ancestress

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANCESTRESS»

The term «ancestress» is normally little used and occupies the 112.627 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANCESTRESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ancestress» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ancestress» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ancestress

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QUOTES WITH «ANCESTRESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ancestress.
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Orson F. Whitney
Poetry is the elder sister of history, the mother of language, the ancestress of civilization.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANCESTRESS»

Discover the use of ancestress in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ancestress and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Ancestress Hypothesis: Visual Art as Adaptation
With each new generation these clans propagated not only their genes but also their behavioral strategy, the replication or presence of “art.” The book concludes by examining the changing characteristics of visual art—including a ...
Kathryn Coe, 2003
2
Women in the Hebrew Bible: A Reader
Who's. Afraid. of. "The. Endangered. Ancestress"? J. CHERYL. EXUM. Who's afraid of the big bad wolf, the big bad wolf, the big bad wolf? THE THREE LITTLE PIGS Let's take a look: we shall find illumination in what at first seems to obscure  ...
Alice Bach, 1999
3
Ruth: The Ancestress of Christ
The Bible Biography Series is a series of twenty books written about Bible characters by John G. Butler. These books are expository studies of the Scripture.
John G. Butler, 1999
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Voices of Foreign Brides: The Roots and Development of ...
... Koreans' interest in searching for their ancestral roots and in recognizing the history of. The. Epic. Journey. of. an. Archaeologist. in. Search. of. His. Ancestress . 25 Chapter 02. The Epic Journey of an Archaeologist in Search of His Ancestress.
Choong Soon Kim, 2011
5
Genesis, with an Introduction to Narrative Literature
... in JE reveals the following structure: I. Narrative inclusion A. Exposition (A) 11: 10-12:9* B . Threat to the ancestress (B) 12:10-20 C. Abraham-Lot (C) 13:1-14:24 D. Covenant (D) 15:1-21 E. Family strife 1. Ishmael annunciation (1) 16:1-14 2.
George W. Coats, 1983
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The Possibility of Anthropological Fideism: An Essay on ...
It represents the ancestress of women and men. The milk tree is where our ancestress slept when she [the girl] was initiated. "To initiate" here means the dancing of the women round and round the milk tree where the novice sleeps.
Da Zhi Zhong, 2004
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Closed Systems and Open Minds: The Limits of Naïvety in ...
It represents the ancestress of women and men. The milk-tree is where our ancestress slept when she was initiated. "To initiate" here means the dancing of women round and round the milk-tree where the novice sleeps. One ancestress after ...
Max Gluckman, 2006
8
The Khasi Milieu
Every Khasi clan or group has its own respective "very" great grand-mother or ancestral mother and from her we descend and multiply. This ancestral mother is the Ancestress. The Khasi believes that God has created not just one ancestress  ...
H. Onderson Mawrie, 1981
9
Marriage and Worship in Early Societies: A Treatise on ...
Again, the Drokgre " motherhood " of the Marak clan have the hen for their totem, because their ancestress had a wonderful ornament which could cluck for all the world like a hen. Again, the Koknal or Basket " motherhood " of the Sangma clan  ...
Sir James George Frazer, 1986
10
Origins, Ancestry and Alliance: Explorations in Austronesian ...
The paramount chief of Lamotrek received this tribute and offered some of it to his ancestress. The rest was distributed to all the homesteads on the island. Lamotrek was not required to return anything as a counter-gift because this tribute was ...
James J. Fox, Clifford Sather, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANCESTRESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ancestress is used in the context of the following news items.
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From the archive, 26 June 1964: Inviting an old friend to stay
... going back to her White ancestress who had been an English governess in love with the mulatto son of the plantation owner who employed ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
2
Triple Crown Connections
Citation sired 1956 Preakness winner Fabius and 1959 co-champion 3-year-old filly Silver Spoon, ancestress of a good family. Omaha, though ... «BloodHorse.com, Jun 15»
3
First Dude's first winner romps on Ohio Derby Day
His fifth dam is *Uvira II (Umidwar), ancestress of the likes of Raja Baba (Bold Ruler), Sauce Boat (Key to the Mint), Plugged Nickle (Key to the Mint), Gay ... «Brisnet.com, Jun 15»
4
American Pharoah - A Fitting American Hero
Interestingly enough, Highland Fling is also the ancestress of South African classic winner Appointment (Pent House II), winner of both the ... «Sporting Post, Jun 15»
5
Lady Eli scoffs at traffic in Wonder Again
Kazadancoa is the ancestress of millionaire Tejano Run (Tejano), runner-up in the 1995 Kentucky Derby (G1), Group 1 hero Palace Episode (Machiavellian), ... «Brisnet.com, May 15»
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Tradition Today:
By presenting a convert as the ancestress of David from whose progeny the Messiah is to emerge, the book makes a positive statement about ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, May 15»
7
Pedigree Analysis: Lovely Maria
The second dam of the 1931 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes captor Twenty Grand, Remembrance is ancestress of countless other major ... «BloodHorse.com, May 15»
8
Game of Thrones Meets Marguerite de Navarre
The sister of France's Francis I, Marguerite was the queen consort of Navarre, ancestress of the Bourbons, and a patron and protector of ... «Reason, May 15»
9
Theatre: Camilla Blunden's play All This Living! is revealing account …
Folkloric Baba Yaga appears as the supernatural matriarchal ancestress and one of a trio of sisters of the same name. Babushka, the Russian ... «Sydney Morning Herald, May 15»
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Ironicus laughs last in Dixie
She is also the ancestress of Grade 2-winning sire Congrats (A.P. Indy). Wild Applause is in turn a daughter of Broodmare of the Year Glowing Tribute ... «Brisnet.com, May 15»

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