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Ancestor

Ancestor Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Ancestor? [n] someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote that a grandparent) Synonyms \| Synonyms for Ancestor: antecedent \| ascendant \| ascendent \| root Related Terms \| Find terms related to Ancestor: ancestress \| announcer \| antecedent \| ascendant \| avant-garde \| begetter \| bellwether \| buccinator \| bushwhacker \| explorer \| forebear \| forefather \| foregoer \| forerunner \| front runner \| frontiersman \| fugleman \| grandparent \| groundbreaker \| guide \| harbinger \| herald \| innovator \| lead runner \| leader \| messenger \| parent \| pathfinder \| pioneer \| point \| precedent \| precursor \| predecessor \| premise \| primogenitor \| procreator \| progenitor \| progenitress \| progenitrix \| prototype \| scout \| stormy petrel \| trailblazer \| trailbreaker \| vanguard \| vaunt-courier \| voortrekker See Also \| ancestress \| father \| forbear \| forebear \| forefather \| foremother \| primogenitor \| progenitor \| relation \| relative \| sire Ancestor In Webster's Dictionary \An"ces*tor\, n. [OE. ancestre, auncestre, also ancessour; the first forms fr. OF. ancestre, F. anc[^e]tre, fr. the L. nom. antessor one who goes before; the last form fr. OF. ancessor, fr. L. acc. antecessorem, fr. antecedere to go before; ante before + cedere to go. See {Cede}, and cf. {Antecessor}.] 1. One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father. 2. (Biol.) An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse. 3. (Law) One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir.

Ancestor Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ancestor?

[n] someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote that a grandparent)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ancestor: antecedent | ascendant | ascendent | root

Ancestor In Webster's Dictionary

\An"ces*tor\, n. [OE. ancestre, auncestre, also
ancessour; the first forms fr. OF. ancestre, F. anc[^e]tre,
fr. the L. nom. antessor one who goes before; the last form
fr. OF. ancessor, fr. L. acc. antecessorem, fr. antecedere to
go before; ante before + cedere to go. See {Cede}, and cf.
{Antecessor}.]
1. One from whom a person is descended, whether on the
   father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a
   progenitor; a fore father.

2. (Biol.) An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil
   animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.

3. (Law) One from whom an estate has descended; -- the
   correlative of heir.

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