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Ancestress is an English word with synonyms like ancestor or ascendant. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Ancestress in a sentence

Ancestress meaning

A female ancestor.

Synonyms of Ancestress

ancestor ascendant ascendent antecedent root

Related words

Other words often associated with Ancestress or its synonyms:

relative ascendancy dominance ascending control ascendence dominant ascendency ascendance dominating prior descendant

Using Ancestress

  • The main meaning on this page is: A female ancestor.
  • Useful related words include: ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent.
  • In the example corpus, ancestress often appears in combinations such as: ancestress of.

Context around Ancestress

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

divine 1×

Often after:

slave 1×

Sentence patterns with Ancestress

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and divine ancestress he funded 1× become the ancestress of the 1× of their ancestress slave status 1× okitsuyoso and ancestress of the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

he is believed 1× julius caesar claimed 1× prometheus comforted io 1×

Common sentence endings:

ancestress slave status 1× heroes heracles hercules 1× of 46 bce 1× of the owari 1×

Words around Ancestress

Just before it in the word index:

ancestrally 2 ancestral 412 ancestors 807 ancestor 365 ancer 3 anceps 3

Just after it in the word index:

ancestries 11 ancestry 518 ancestrydna 9 anchal 6 anchar 4 anche 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 6 aaah 6 aaargh 6 aacl 6 aadhi 6 aak 6

Corpus analysis for Ancestress

  • In this selection, "ancestress" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, divine and slave stand out and add context to how "ancestress" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and divine ancestress he funded and become the ancestress of the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "ancestress" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with ancestress

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

They are called the Banza Bakwai meaning Bastard or Bogus Seven on account of their ancestress' slave status. (18 words)

Prometheus comforted Io with the information that she would be restored to human form and become the ancestress of the greatest of all heroes, Heracles (Hercules). (26 words)

Julius Caesar claimed Venus as both patron and divine ancestress; he funded a new temple to her and dedicated it during his quadruple triumph of 46 BCE. (27 words)

Longer example sentences

He is believed to be son of Emperor Kōshō; and his mother is believed to have been Yosotarashi-no-hime, who was the daughter of Okitsuyoso, and ancestress of the Owari. (31 words)

Julius Caesar claimed Venus as both patron and divine ancestress; he funded a new temple to her and dedicated it during his quadruple triumph of 46 BCE. (27 words)

Prometheus comforted Io with the information that she would be restored to human form and become the ancestress of the greatest of all heroes, Heracles (Hercules). (26 words)

Example sentences (4)

He is believed to be son of Emperor Kōshō; and his mother is believed to have been Yosotarashi-no-hime, who was the daughter of Okitsuyoso, and ancestress of the Owari.

Julius Caesar claimed Venus as both patron and divine ancestress; he funded a new temple to her and dedicated it during his quadruple triumph of 46 BCE.

Prometheus comforted Io with the information that she would be restored to human form and become the ancestress of the greatest of all heroes, Heracles (Hercules).

They are called the Banza Bakwai meaning Bastard or Bogus Seven on account of their ancestress' slave status.

Common combinations with ancestress

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • ancestress of 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "ancestress" in a sentence?
An example: "He is believed to be son of Emperor Kōshō; and his mother is believed to have been Yosotarashi-no-hime, who was the daughter of Okitsuyoso, and ancestress of the Owari." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "ancestress" from authentic English texts.
What does "ancestress" mean?
Ancestress means: A female ancestor.
What are synonyms of "ancestress"?
Common synonyms of "ancestress" include: ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root.
How many example sentences with "ancestress" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "ancestress", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.