Definitions from Wiktionary (ancestor)
▸ noun: 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; a forebear.
▸ noun: An earlier type; a progenitor
▸ noun: (law) One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir.
▸ noun: (figuratively) One who had the same role or function in former times.
▸ noun: (linguistics) A word or phrase which serves as the origin of a term in another language.
▸ verb: (transitive) To be an ancestor of.
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▸ noun: 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; a forebear.
▸ noun: An earlier type; a progenitor
▸ noun: (law) One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir.
▸ noun: (figuratively) One who had the same role or function in former times.
▸ noun: (linguistics) A word or phrase which serves as the origin of a term in another language.
▸ verb: (transitive) To be an ancestor of.
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antecedent,
ascendent,
ascendant,
progenitor,
auncestor,
father,
forefather,
antecessor,
grandfather,
progenitrix,
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