ancestor
IPA: ˈænsɛstɝ
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.
- An earlier type; a progenitor
- (law) One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir.
- (figuratively) One who had the same role or function in former times.
- (linguistics) A word or phrase which serves as the origin of a term in another language.
verb
- (transitive) To be an ancestor of.
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Examples of "ancestor" in Sentences
- Note that the ancestor is related to itself, so it is also included in the set.
- He talks with Jenna about his ancestor from the 1800′s, Jonathon Gilbert, and how he did all of this writing about demons and people being slaughtered.
- That humans and other organisms share a common ancestor is one of the most profound findings of biology — unifying and explaining a vast array of data.
- Meanwhile Black Jack Randall, her husband's ancestor is likewise extremely suspicious of this English woman who popped up out of nowhere on his turf, so to speak.
- Before Francezzo realizes what a bad guy his ancestor is, the fellow tries to convince him to stay in Hell and help with a project that the ancestor is involved in.
- But even though we can say belief in ancestor spirit forces represents a religious continuity, the way people conceptualized those who had departed varied over time.
- The reason Woese et al. do not link the cellular architectures of the domains to a common cellular ancestor is they do not believe it is biologically possible to do so.
- [Link] Raul N. Longoria includes Eva on his Longoria genealogy website, which shows she is the great-great-granddaughter of Ponciano Longoria — born about 1852, and "probably the first 'American' born ancestor from the Longoria branch."
- That humans and other organisms share a common ancestor is one of the most profound findings of biology — unifying and explaining a vast array of data. nullasalus: If I recall right, [Margulis] asserts NS certainly exists, but it's not a source of "novelty".
- But the term ancestor - worship seems to me much too confined for the religion which pays reverence not only to those ancient gods believed to be the fathers of the Japanese race, but likewise to a host of deified sovereigns, heroes, princes, and illustrious men.
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