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词汇 progenitress
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Definition of progenitress in English:

progenitress

noun prə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪtrɪs
rare
  • A female progenitor.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • By ones, twos, and threes her descendants came to mourn over their progenitress.
    • The women of any clan are the progenitresses, the foremothers who should be honored along with the sires.
    • The book of Ruth embraces the foreign wife, Ruth the Moabitess, and gives her the honorific role of progenitress in King David's lineage.
    • We think there may have been a single progenitress - a single parasite.
    • She was a worthy progenitress of a long line of most charming women novelists.
    Synonyms
    female parent, materfamilias, matriarch
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