Usually means: Predecessor, one who came before.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. antecessor: Merriam-Webster
  2. antecessor: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. antecessor: Collins English Dictionary
  4. antecessor: Wordnik
  5. antecessor: Wiktionary
  6. antecessor: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. antecessor: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Antecessor, antecessor: Dictionary.com
  9. Antecessor: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. antecessor: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Antecessor: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. antecessor: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. antecessor: FreeDictionary.org
  14. antecessor: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. antecessor: Merriam-Webster

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  1. antecessor: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (antecessor)

▸ noun:  (now rare) A person or thing that precedes or goes before.
▸ noun:  (now rare) A person from whom one is descended.

Similar:
antecessour, precessor, preceder, predecessor, predecessour, prædecessor, antecedence, pred, antecursor, antecedent, more...

Opposite:
successor, follower, heir

Phrases:
Homo antecessor, more...

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Similar:
antecessour, precessor, preceder, predecessor, predecessour, prædecessor, antecedence, pred, antecursor, antecedent, more...

Opposite:
successor, follower, heir

Phrases:
Homo antecessor, more...



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