"ancestress" meaning in English

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          "text": "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 in my imagination.",
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        "A female ancestor."
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          "ancestor",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "female ancestor",
          "word": "esiäiti"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "female ancestor",
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            "feminine"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "female ancestor",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Ahnin"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "female ancestor",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "genetrix"
        },
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "female ancestor",
          "word": "whāwhārua"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "female ancestor",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "przodkini"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "female ancestor",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "literary"
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          "word": "antenatka"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "female ancestor",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "ancestral"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "female ancestor",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "progenitora"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "female ancestor",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "avoenga"
        },
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          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "pūrvikurālu",
          "sense": "female ancestor",
          "word": "పూర్వికురాలు"
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      "enpr": "ănʹsĕs-trəs"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæn.sɛs.tɹəs/"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ănʹsĕs-trĭs"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæn.sɛs.tɹɪs/"
    }
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  "word": "ancestress"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "female ancestor",
      "word": "esiäiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "female ancestor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorfahrin"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "female ancestor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ahnin"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "female ancestor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "genetrix"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "female ancestor",
      "word": "whāwhārua"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "female ancestor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "przodkini"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "female ancestor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "literary"
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      "word": "antenatka"
    },
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "female ancestor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ancestral"
    },
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "female ancestor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "progenitora"
    },
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "female ancestor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "avoenga"
    },
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "pūrvikurālu",
      "sense": "female ancestor",
      "word": "పూర్వికురాలు"
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