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Predecessoress vs Ancestrix - What's the difference?

predecessoress | ancestrix |

As nouns the difference between predecessoress and ancestrix

is that predecessoress is (rare) a female predecessor while ancestrix is a female forebear or ancestor; a predecessoress.

predecessoress

English

Noun

(es)
  • (rare) A female predecessor.
  • 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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