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Ancestor vs Ancestrix - What's the difference?

ancestor | ancestrix |

As nouns the difference between ancestor and ancestrix

is that ancestor is one from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather while ancestrix is a female forebear or ancestor; a predecessoress.

ancestor

English

Alternative forms

* ancestour (obsolete) * auncestor (obsolete) * auncestour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Old soldiers? , passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.}}
  • An earlier type; a progenitor
  • (legal) One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir.
  • (figuratively) One who had the same role or function in former times.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 1, author=Saj Chowdhury, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= Wolverhampton 1-2 Newcastle , passage=The Magpies are unbeaten and enjoying their best run since 1994, although few would have thought the class of 2011 would come close to emulating their ancestors .}}

    Usage notes

    * There is a rare feminine form ancestress

    Derived terms

    * cenancestor

    Antonyms

    * descendant

    Anagrams

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    ancestrix

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)“Ancestor” defined identically by:
    ??Ancestors: Webster’s Quotations, Facts and Phrases'' (2008, ICON Group International, Inc.]) [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0BnZQV647wsC&pg=PA371&dq=%22ancestrices%22&ei=MqOGSuSgHZCCyQSblaWsDg
  • v=onepage&q=%22ancestrices%22&f=false on page 371], and by:
    ??''Correctives: Webster’s Quotations, Facts and Phrases     (2008, [http://www.icongrouponline.com/ ICON Group International, Inc.]) [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-ZPM7O8zmb4C&pg=PA205&dq=%22ancestrices%22&ei=MqOGSuSgHZCCyQSblaWsDg#v=onepage&q=%22ancestrices%22&f=false on page 205], as:
    ????Ancestor. An ancestor is a parent or (recursively) the parent of an ancestor. […The correct female form of the word is “ancestrix”, pl: “ancestrixes” or “ancestrices”.
  • A female forebear or ancestor; a predecessoress.

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