ANCESTOR


Meaning of ANCESTOR in English

noun one from whom an estate has descended;

— the correlative of heir.

2. ancestor ·noun an earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.

3. 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 fore father.

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