ancestress

From ancestor +‎ -ess.^[1]

• enPR: ănʹsĕs-trəs, IPA^(key): /ˈæn.sɛs.tɹəs/

or

• enPR: ănʹsĕs-trĭs, IPA^(key): /ˈæn.sɛs.tɹɪs/

ancestress (plural ancestresses)

1. (dated) A female ancestor.

   Synonym: ancestrix

   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, “The Sherd of Amenartas”, in She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC, page 27:

     The strange legend that you will find inscribed by your remote ancestress upon the potsherd was communicated to me by my father on his deathbed, and took a strong hold upon my imagination.

• cantresses