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Definitions for: Ancestor [n] someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote that a grandparent)
Webster (1913) Definition: An"ces*tor, n. [OE. ancestre, auncestre, also
ancessour; the first forms fr. OF. ancestre, F. anc[^e]tre,
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.]
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. (Biol.) An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil
animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.
3. (Law) One from whom an estate has descended; -- the
correlative of heir.
Synonyms: antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root
Antonyms: descendant, descendent
See Also: ancestress, father, forbear, forebear, forefather, foremother, primogenitor, progenitor, relation, relative, sire
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