Definition of Ancestor

1. Noun. Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent).

Exact synonyms: Antecedent, Ascendant, Ascendent, Root
Specialized synonyms: Ancestress, Forbear, Forebear, Father, Forefather, Sire, Foremother, Primogenitor, Progenitor
Generic synonyms: Relation, Relative
Derivative terms: Ancestral, Ancestral, Antecedent
Antonyms: Descendant

Definition of Ancestor

1. n. 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.

Definition of Ancestor

1. to be an ancestor (a person from whom one is descended) of [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Ancestor

1. 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. An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse. 3. One from whom an estate has descended; the correlative of heir. Origin: OE. Ancestre, auncestre, also ancessour; the first forms fr. OF. Ancestre, F. Ancetre, 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ancestor

anatta
anattas
anatto
anattos
Anaxagoras
anaxial
Anaximander
Anaximenes
anaxon
anazoturia
anburies
anbury
AnCC
ance
ancestor (current term)
ancestor (current term)
ancestored
ancestoring
ancestors
ancestor worship
ancestral
ancestral
ancestrally
ancestress
ancestress
ancestresses
ancestries
ancestry
ancho
anchor

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