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# ancestress

«ancestress» in Mova's school dictionary: **a woman from whom a family or people is descended; a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (ancestresses)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ancestress» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ancestress/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.