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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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ANCESTOR definition: 1. a person related to you who lived a long time ago: 2. a plant, animal, or object that is…. Learn more.
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.
3 meanings: 1. a person from whom another is directly descended, esp someone more distant than a grandparent; forefather 2. an.... Click for more definitions.
an object, idea, style, or occurrence serving as a prototype, forerunner, or inspiration to a later one: The balloon is an ancestor of the modern dirigible. a person who serves as an influence or model for another; one from whom mental, artistic, spiritual, etc., descent is claimed: a philosophical ancestor.
Definition of ancestor noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
ancestor. (ˈænsɛstə) n. 1. (often plural) a person from whom another is directly descended, esp someone more distant than a grandparent; forefather. 2. (Biology) an early type of animal or plant from which a later, usually dissimilar, type has evolved.
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.
Definitions of 'ancestor' 1. Your ancestors are the people from whom you are descended. [...] 2. An ancestor of something modern is an earlier thing from which it developed. [...] More. Synonyms of 'ancestor' • forefather, predecessor, precursor, forerunner [...] • forerunner, predecessor, prototype, precursor [...] 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.
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.
