Ancestress

(noun.) a woman ancestor.

手打:萨拜娜

• He wanted to thank her for having been to see his mother, but under the ancestress's malicious eye he felt himself tongue-tied and constrained. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Mrs. van der Luyden's portrait by Huntington (in black velvet and Venetian point) faced that of her lovely ancestress. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• He had a tale to tell about one ancestress, whose dark beauty seemed as that of a flower of the south. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I like all the novelties, said the ancestress, lifting the stone to her small bright orbs, which no glasses had ever disfigured. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.

手打:列侬