Words Like ANCESTOR
We have put together a list of words that are similar to ANCESTOR.
10 Alternative Words Similar to ancestor
1 examples of ancestor
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this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse
10 definitions of ancestor
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One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father.
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An earlier type; a progenitor.
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One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir.
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someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
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A person from whom one is descended, especially if more remote than a grandparent; a forebear.
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A forerunner or predecessor.
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Law The person from whom an estate has been inherited.
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Biology The actual or hypothetical organism or stock from which later kinds evolved.
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One from whom a person is descended in the line of either father or mother; a forefather; a progenitor.
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In law, one, whether a progenitor or a collateral relative, who has preceded another in the course of inheritance; one from whom an inheritance is derived: the correlative of heir: sometimes used specifically of the immediate progenitor.