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ancestor
[an-ses-ter, -suh-ster]
noun
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
Biology.the actual or hypothetical form or stock from which an organism has developed or descended.
an object, idea, style, or occurrence serving as a prototype, forerunner, or inspiration to a later one.
The balloon is an ancestor of the modern dirigible.
a person who serves as an influence or model for another; one from whom mental, artistic, spiritual, etc., descent is claimed.
a philosophical ancestor.
Law.a person from whom an heir derives an inheritance.
ancestor
/ ˈæԲɛə /
noun
(often plural) a person from whom another is directly descended, esp someone more distant than a grandparent; forefather
an early type of animal or plant from which a later, usually dissimilar, type has evolved
a person or thing regarded as a forerunner of a later person or thing
the ancestor of the modern camera
Other 51Թ Forms
- ˈԳٰ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ancestor1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ancestor1
Example Sentences
He said the tribe’s members feel delighted to be once again stewarding these lands and waterways, as their ancestors once did.
Researchers concluded that two 86 million-year-old skeletons they studied belonged to a species that is now the closest known ancestor of all tyrannosaurs - the group of predators that includes the iconic T.rex.
And if all animals share a common ancestor, it could be something that is evolutionarily shared.
Booker argued that Democrats must remember the courage of their ancestors who fought for civil and voting rights and created the social safety net for the most vulnerable Americans as they try to fight Trumpism.
All this suggests that the last common ancestor of chimpanzees, bonobos and humans likely also produced compositional structures.
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