ANCESTOR

Ancestor

An ancestor or forebear is a parent or the parent of an ancestor . Ancestor is "any person from whom one is descended. In law the person from whom an estate has been inherited."

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ancestor

Noun

  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. An earlier type; a progenitor
  3. One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir.
  1. One who had the same role or function in former times.


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