About The Word Ancestor
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Ancestor
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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.
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