Definition of ancestor Ancestor
/æˈnsɛˌstɚ/ - [ansester] - an•ces•tor
We found 12 definitions of ancestor from 7 different sources.
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What does ancestor mean?
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NounPlural: ancestors |
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| ancestor - someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | ||
| ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root | ||
| descendant, descendent a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race | ||
| relative, relation an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) | ||
| ancestress a woman ancestor | ||
| forbear, forebear a person from whom you are descended | ||
| forefather, sire, father the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers" | ||
| foremother a woman ancestor | ||
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Wiktionary 
- ancestor (Noun)
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. - ancestor (Noun)
An earlier type; a progenitor. - ancestor (Noun)
One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir. - ancestor (Noun)
One who had the same role or function in former times.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ancestor (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. - ancestor (n.)
An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse. - ancestor (n.)
One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir.
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ancestor
Person from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any number of generations.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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ancestor
an′ses-tur, n. one from whom a person has descended: a forefather:—fem. An′cestress.—adj. Ances′tral.—ns. An′cestor-wor′ship, the chief element in the religion of China and other countries—erroneously supposed by Herbert Spencer to be the foundation of all religion; An′cestry, a line of ancestors: lineage. [O. Fr. ancestre—L. antecessor—ante, before, cedĕre, cessum, to go.]
Wikipedia 
- An ancestor is a parent, a parent's parent ("grandparent"), a parent's parent's parent (or "great grandparent"), and so on. It is usually used to mean a creator of a generation which lives on.
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🔤- ancestor, noun, singular of ancestors.
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