Ancestor
41ancestor — noun a person, typically one more remote than a grandparent, from whom one is descended. ↘something from which a later species or version has evolved. Derivatives ancestral adjective ancestrally adverb ancestress noun Origin ME: from OFr.… …
42ancestor — n. Forefather, progenitor, father …
43ancestor — n 1. forefather, forbear, progenitor, primogenitor, Archaic. predecessor; procreator, begetter; patriarch, parent, father, genitor. 2. forerunner, precursor; prototype, model, exemplar …
44ancestor — an·ces·tor …
45ancestor — noun Syn: forefather, forebear, predecessor, antecedent, progenitor, parent, grandparent Ant: descendant …
46ancestor — [ˈænsestə] noun [C] someone who lived a long time ago and is related to you ancestral [ænˈsestrəl] adj See: descendant …
47ancestor — an•ces•tor [[t]ˈæn sɛs tər[/t]] esp. brit. [[t] sə stər[/t]] n. 1) a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor 2) bio a) bio evo the form or stock from which an organism has descended b) bio evo the actual or assumed earlier type… …
48ancestor — /ˈænsɛstə / (say ansestuh) noun 1. someone from whom a person is descended, usually distantly; a forefather; a progenitor. 2. Biology the actual or hypothetical form or stock of an earlier and presumably lower type, from which any organised being …
49ancestor — One from whom a person lineally descended or may be descended; a progenitor. A former possessor; the person last seised. A deceased person from whom another has inherited land. Embraces both collaterals and lineals. Correlative of heir …
50ancestor — One from whom a person lineally descended or may be descended; a progenitor. A former possessor; the person last seised. A deceased person from whom another has inherited land. Embraces both collaterals and lineals. Correlative of heir …
