Usually means: Forebears from whom one descends.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word ancestors:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. ancestors: Merriam-Webster
  2. ancestors: Collins English Dictionary
  3. ancestors: Vocabulary.com
  4. Ancestor's, Ancestors, ancestor's, ancestors: Wordnik
  5. ancestors: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. ancestors: Wiktionary
  7. ancestors: Dictionary.com
  8. ancestors: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Ancestors (TV series), Ancestors (band), Ancestors, The Ancestors: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Ancestors: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ancestors: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. ancestors: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Ancestors: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Ancestors: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ANCESTORS, ANCESTORS, ANCESTORS: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Ancestors)

noun:  an American five-piece doom metal ensemble, residing in Los Angeles, California, United States.
noun:  a public television mini-series on family history, (or genealogy).
noun:  an EP by Edith Frost, released in 1997 through Island Records and Trade 2.
noun:  a studio album by American jazz trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, which was released in 2012 on the Finnish TUM label.
noun:  an album by bassist/composer Mario Pavone recorded in 2008 and released on the Playscape label.
noun:  an album by Canadian jazz pianist Renee Rosnes, which was released in 1996 by Blue Note Records.


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