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- Dictionaryancestor/ˈansɛstə/
noun
- 1. a person, typically one more remote than a grandparent, from whom one is descended: "he could trace his ancestors back to James the First" Similar Opposite
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ANCESTOR definition: 1. a person related to you who lived a long time ago: 2. a plant, animal, or object that is…. Learn more.
: one from whom a person is descended and who is usually more remote in the line of descent than a grandparent. Her ancestors came to America in the 1880s. b. : forefather sense 2. 2. : forerunner, prototype. an exhibit of the ancestors of the modern computer. 3. : a progenitor (see progenitor sense 1b) of a more recent or existing species or group
an object, idea, style, or occurrence serving as a prototype, forerunner, or inspiration to a later one: The balloon is an ancestor of the modern dirigible. a person who serves as an influence or model for another; one from whom mental, artistic, spiritual, etc., descent is claimed: a philosophical ancestor.
noun. 1.(often plural) a person from whom another is directly descended, esp someone more distant than a grandparent; forefather. 2. an early type of animal or plant from which a later, usually dissimilar, type has evolved. 3. a person or thing regarded as a forerunner of a later person or thing. the ancestor of the modern camera.
So, an ancestor is someone who has gone before us. Evolutionary biologists have advanced the theory that all life on earth descends from a common ancestor. Ancestor can also mean "prototype" or "forerunner." The abacus is a distant ancestor of today's supercomputers.
ancestor. (ˈænsɛstə) n. 1. (often plural) a person from whom another is directly descended, esp someone more distant than a grandparent; forefather. 2. (Biology) an early type of animal or plant from which a later, usually dissimilar, type has evolved.
Definition of ancestor noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a relative who lived a long time ago: My ancestors came from Ireland. ancestral. adjective uk / ænˈsestr ə l / us. (Definition of ancestor from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of ancestor. in Chinese (Traditional) 祖先，祖宗, （動植物）原種, （物體）原型… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 祖先，祖宗, （动植物）原种, （物体）原型… See more
Noun. Verb. Filter. noun. ancestors. Any person from whom one is descended, esp. one earlier in a family line than a grandparent; forefather; forebear. Webster's New World. A forerunner or predecessor. American Heritage. An early type of animal from which later kinds have evolved. Webster's New World.
ANCESTOR meaning: 1 : a person who was in someone's family in past times one of the people from whom a person is descended; 2 : an animal in the past from which a modern animal developed.
