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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024an•ces•tor /ˈænsɛstɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a person from whom someone is descended;
forebear:Their ancestors were early pioneers. - one that serves as an earlier prototype;
forerunner:The horse and buggy was an ancestor to the automobile.
an•ces•tress, n. [countable] ancestor and ancestry are nouns, ancestral is an adjective:One of her ancestors was a king. She is of noble ancestry. They returned to the ancestral home. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024an•ces•tor (an′ses tər or, esp. Brit., -sə stər),USA pronunciation n. - a person from whom one is descended;
forebear;
progenitor. - Biologythe 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. - Lawa person from whom an heir derives an inheritance.
- Latin antecessor antecessor
- Old French (with t developed between s and r)
- Middle English ancestre 1250–1300
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ancestor /ˈænsɛstə/ n - (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
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French ancestre, from Late Latin antecēssor one who goes before, from Latin antecēdere; see antecedeˈancestress fem n |