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Definition ancestor
Etymology
Middle English ancestre, auncestre, ancessour; the first forms from Old French ancestre (modern French ancętre), from the Latin nominative antecessor one who goes before; the last form from Old French ancessor, from Latin accusative antecessorem, from antecedo (“to go before”); ante (“before”) + cedo (“to go”). See cede, and compare with antecessor.
Noun
ancestor (plural ancestors)
- One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather.
- An earlier type; a progenitor
- (law) One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir.
- (figuratively) One who had the same role or function in former times.
Verb
ancestor (third-person singular simple present ancestors, present participle ancestoring, simple past and past participle ancestored)
- To be an ancestor of.
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