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ancestor::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root |
| Type of | relative, relation |
| Has types | forbear, forebear, forefather, foremother, primogenitor, progenitor, ancestress, sire, father |
| Derivation | ancestral |
Examples of ancestor
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There's even a chance that our last shared ancestor lived at the time of Christ.
From the foxnews.com
Humans and chimps diverged from their common ancestor about 6 million years ago.
From the sciencedaily.com
We're the country we are based on my ancestor and many other people's ancestors.
From the al.com
Human beings and the great apes had a common ancestor about 5 million years ago.
From the time.com
I think Coleman's character is actually an ancestor of the one we met in Asylum.
From the metro.co.uk
Every old family had their own sauce handed down from some old country ancestor.
From the sfgate.com
We are from the same family, we have a common ancestor, but evolved differently.
From the economist.com
Sanasar was considered the ancestor of several generations of heroes of Sassoon.
From the en.wikipedia.org
He is the ancestor of the Brunet, Lestang and Carisse families of North America.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
- An ancestor is a parent or (recursively) the parent of an ancestor (i.e., a grandparent, great-grandparent, great-great-grandparent, and so forth).
- (Ancestors (band)) Ancestors is a five-piece psychedelic/progressive rock/doom metal ensemble residing in Los Angeles.
- (Ancestors (TV series)) Ancestors was a public television mini-series on family history, (or genealogy). It was produced by KBYU-TV in conjunction with the Family History Library and PBS. It is has also been available on DVD.
- (The Ancestors) The Ancestors is an album by Tim Berne and which was released on the Italian-based Soul Note label in 1983. ...
- (Ancestors) If W is an inferior of A, then A is an ancestor of W.
- (ancestors) people one's family comes from.
- (Ancestors) (Eng.): (n) As conceived by the Australian Aborigines, in the Dreamtime, aboriginal Ancestors rose from below the earth to form various parts of nature including animal species, bodies of water, and the sky. ...
- (Ancestors) Predecessors in the pedigree with whom an individual is directly related.
