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
- Was your ancestor a snob
- Cafall is the ancestor of the Pikes.
- He is the ancestor of this generation.
- It is the ancestor of the domestic goat.
- That is how a householder propitiate ancestor.
- They glorify the ancestors of the House of Nassau.
- Theobald was the ancestor of the Butler family of Ireland.
- Abbasaheb is the ancestor of the Shirol branch of the family.
- Either could be the ancestor of the Theodoro line of the family.
- Humans' ancestors are different from the ancestors of the orangutan.
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