(~s)
1.
Someone’s ~s are the people in later generations who are related to them.
They are ~s of the original English and Scottish settlers.
? ancestor
N-COUNT: usu pl, usu with poss
2.
Something modern which developed from an older thing can be called a ~ of it.
His design was a ~ of a 1956 device...
? ancestor
N-COUNT: usu N of n