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1. (n.) ancestor
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
2. ancestor
the form or stock from which an organism has descended.
3. ancestor
the actual or assumed earlier type from which a species or other taxon evolved.
4. ancestor
an object, idea, style, or occurrence serving as a prototype, forerunner, or inspiration to a later one.
5. ancestor
a person from whom mental, artistic, spiritual, etc., descent is claimed.
Etymology: (1250–1300; < OF < L antecessorantecessor)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
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1. (noun) ancestor
a family member from the past
my Russian ancestors
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) ancestor
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. (noun) ancestor
an earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse
3. (noun) ancestor
one from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir
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Sense: a person who was a member of one's family a long time ago and from whom one is descended.
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 Afrikaans: voorouer |
 Arabic: سَلَف، جَد أعْلى |
 Bulgarian: прародител |
 Brazilian: antepassado |
 Czech: předek |
 German: der/die Vorfahr(in) |
 Danish: forfader; ane |
 Greek: πρόγονος |
 Spanish: antepasado; antepasada |
 Estonian: esivanem |
 Farsi: جد |
 Finnish: esi-isä |
 French: ancêtre |
 Hebrew: אָב קָדמוֹן |
 Hindi: पूर्वज |
 Croatian: predak |
 Hungarian: ős |
 Indonesian: leluhur |
 Icelandic: forfaðir |
 Italian: antenato, avo |
 Japanese: 祖先 |
 Korean: 조상 |
 Lithuanian: protėvis |
 Latvian: sencis; priekštecis |
 Malay: nenek moyang |
 Dutch: voorouder |
 Norwegian: stamfar/-mor, forfedre/-m |
 Polish: przodek |
 Persian: جد |
 Pashto: نیکه |
 Portuguese: antepassado |
 Romanian: strămoş |
 Russian: предок |
 Slovak: predok |
 Slovenian: prednik |
 Serbian: predak |
 Swedish: förfader |
 Thai: บรรพบุรุษ |
 Turkish: ata, soy, cet |
 Taiwanese: 祖先 |
 Ukrainian: предок, прабатько |
 Urdu: آباؤ اجداد |
 Vietnamese: tổ tiên |
 Chinese: 祖先 |
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