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an·ces·tor
( n s s t r)
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ETYMOLOGY: Middle English auncestre, from Old French, from Latin antecessor, predecessor, from antecessus, past participle of antec dere, to precede : ante-, ante- + c dere, to go; see ked- in Indo-European rootsSYNONYMS: ancestor , forebear , forefather , progenitor These nouns denote a person from whom one is descended: ancestors who were farmers; land once owned by his forebears; laws handed down from our forefathers; our progenitors' wisdom. Antonym: descendant
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