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- DictionaryAn·ces·tor/ˈanˌsestər/
noun
- 1. a person, typically one more remote than a grandparent, from whom one is descended: "my ancestor Admiral Anson circumnavigated the globe 250 years ago"
The meaning of ANCESTOR is one from whom a person is descended and who is usually more remote in the line of descent than a grandparent. How to use ancestor in a sentence.
ANCESTOR definition: 1. a person related to you who lived a long time ago: 2. a plant, animal, or object that is…. Learn more.
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.
Definition of ancestor noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a person who serves as an influence or model for another; one from whom mental, artistic, spiritual, etc., descent is claimed a philosophical ancestor
So, an ancestor is someone who has gone before us. Evolutionary biologists have advanced the theory that all life on earth descends from a common ancestor. Ancestor can also mean "prototype" or "forerunner." The abacus is a distant ancestor of today's supercomputers. Definitions of ancestor. noun.
ANCESTOR meaning: 1 : a person who was in someone's family in past times one of the people from whom a person is descended; 2 : an animal in the past from which a modern animal developed.
ancestors. Any person from whom one is descended, esp. one earlier in a family line than a grandparent; forefather; forebear. A forerunner or predecessor. An early type of animal from which later kinds have evolved. The person from whom an estate has been inherited.
1. A person from whom one is descended, especially if more remote than a grandparent; a forebear. 2. A forerunner or predecessor. 3. Law The person from whom an estate has been inherited. 4. Biology The actual or hypothetical organism or stock from which later kinds evolved.
ancestor meaning: a relative who lived a long time ago: . Learn more.
