ancestors

/หˆรฆn.sษ›s.tษ™z/

IPA: /AE1 N S EH0 S T ER0 Z/

noun
  1. 1

    One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather.

  2. 2

    An earlier type; a progenitor

    โ€œThis fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.โ€

  3. 3

    One from whom an estate has descended;โ€”the correlative of heir.

  4. 4

    One who had the same role or function in former times.

  5. 5

    A word or phrase which serves as the origin of a term in another language.

verb
  1. 1

    To be an ancestor of.

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