ancestresses

noun

plural of ancestress
as in grandmothers

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  1. grandmothers
  2. ancestors
  3. matriarchs
  4. progenitors
  5. forebears
  6. forefathers
  7. grandfathers
Noun
  • Two of the grandmothers were seated with the couple, while the parents were at the table adjacent to them—equidistant to avoid jealousy and hard feelings.
    — Alessandra De Tommasi, Vanity Fair, 7 Aug. 2026
  • McCarthy leads a weekly women’s rucking group in Florida that includes new mothers, single women, mothers with older children and grandmothers.
    — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of grandmothers
Noun
  • Those with the funds to file a court case, essentially suing the Italian state for sexism against their female ancestors, are likely to win, but legal action is lengthy and costly.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Therefore, this benefit must reach everyone, not only those whose ancestors match the reference sets from past decades.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of ancestors
Noun
  • Instead, menopause elevates them to the respected role of matriarchs in their families.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 16 July 2026
  • The matriarchs who fed the team.
    — Ricardo Adé, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026
Definition of matriarchs
Noun
  • Watching their metronomic thriller does more to suggest the arrival of a hyper-sexualized answer to the Coen brothers than the progeny of William Gibson or the progenitors of multiplex psychedelia.
    — Nick Newman, IndieWire, 1 June 2026
  • Its story of five girls — all navigating preteenagerdom under the stewardship of their tragically well-meaning white dads — stands firmly on its own legs, even staring down some of its progenitors.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 May 2026
Definition of progenitors
Noun
  • Some of his forebears emigrated before the genocide; others barely got out.
    — Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 19 July 2026
  • Over the years, a number of prominent mathematicians tried to prove this guess of their forebears.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 14 July 2026
Definition of forebears
Noun
  • But the truth is that our forefathers were sufficiently individualistic to be iconoclastic.
    — Colin Fleming, New York Daily News, 4 July 2026
  • Our economic systems are not serving the people who live here, whose forefathers established this new republic, and our grandparents actualized the peak of its success.
    — Linh Tat, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
Definition of forefathers
Noun
  • Born in Russell County, Virginia, Hubbard was largely raised by his grandfathers, both union coal miners with missing fingers, and still speaks with an Appalachian twang.
    — Michelle Lhooq, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Sorrell, whose grandfathers both played in the majors, slugged 23 home runs and 20 doubles in 56 games while drawing 33 walks and striking out 61 times.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026
Definition of grandfathers
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