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- Dictionaryancestor/ˈansɛstə/
noun
- 1. a person, typically one more remote than a grandparent, from whom one is descended: "he could trace his ancestors back to James the First" Similar Opposite
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a person related to you who lived a long time ago: There were portraits of his ancestors on the walls of the room. Compare. descendant. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. your ancestors. ancestor I discovered that one of my ancestors was a member of King Henry VIII's court. forebear My forebears were enslaved and brought to this country.
The meaning of ANCESTOR is one from whom a person is descended and who is usually more remote in the line of descent than a grandparent. How to use ancestor in a sentence.
Ancestor definition: a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.. See examples of ANCESTOR used in a sentence.
a person from whom another is directly descended, esp someone more distant than a grandparent; forefather. 2. an early type of animal or plant from which a later, usually dissimilar, type has evolved. 3.
So, an ancestor is someone who has gone before us. Evolutionary biologists have advanced the theory that all life on earth descends from a common ancestor. Ancestor can also mean "prototype" or "forerunner." The abacus is a distant ancestor of today's supercomputers.
Definition of ancestor noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
ANCESTOR meaning: 1 : a person who was in someone's family in past times one of the people from whom a person is descended; 2 : an animal in the past from which a modern animal developed.
noun. ancestors. Any person from whom one is descended, esp. one earlier in a family line than a grandparent; forefather; forebear. Webster's New World. A forerunner or predecessor. American Heritage. An early type of animal from which later kinds have evolved. Webster's New World. The person from whom an estate has been inherited.
1. A person from whom one is descended, especially if more remote than a grandparent; a forebear. 2. A forerunner or predecessor. 3. Law The person from whom an estate has been inherited. 4. Biology The actual or hypothetical organism or stock from which later kinds evolved.
ANCESTOR definition: a relative who lived a long time ago: . Learn more.
