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Definition of Ancestors
1. ancestor [v] - See also: ancestor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ancestors
Literary usage of Ancestors
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1907)
"David Benton, Jr., and Sarah Bingham, their ancestors and Descendants; ...
Asahel Blodgett, of Hudson and Dorchester, If. H. His American ancestors and ..."
2. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"f Now, here it must be observed, that the lineal ancestors, though (according to
... But though the common ancestors are not named in deducing the pedigree, ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1908)
"THE MOST PRIMITIVE LIVING REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ancestors OF THE PLANT KINGDOM.
... Naturally, in seeking for the primitive ancestors of the vegetable ..."