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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ancestor \An"ces*tor\, n. [OE. ancestre, auncestre also ancessour the first forms fr OF ancestre, F. anc[^e]tre, fr the L. nom. antessor one who goes before the last form fr OF ancessor fr L. acc. antecessorem fr antecedere to go before ante before + cedere to go See {Cede}, and cf {Antecessor}.] 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 fore father. 2. (Biol.) An earlier type a progenitor; as this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse. 3. (Law) One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ancestor n : someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote that a grandparent) [syn: {ascendant}, {ascendent}, {antecedent}] [ant: {descendant}]
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