n. forebear, forefather; forerunner, precursor, antecedent, Formal progenitor, primogenitor His ancestors were transported to Australia in a prison ship, and he's proud of it The eohippus, only a foot high, was the ancestor of the horse.
ANCESTOR
Meaning of ANCESTOR in English
Oxford thesaurus English vocab. Английский словарь Оксфорд тезаурус. 2012