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  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Biol.) An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil
        animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Law) One from whom an estate has descended; -- the
        correlative of heir.
        [1913 Webster]

  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.

  ancestor
       n : someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote
           than a grandparent) [syn: ascendant, ascendent, antecedent,
            root] [ant: descendant]

  ancestor
     Αγγλικά n.
     ο πρόγονος, ο προπάτορας
     Αγγλικά vb.
     (ετ μτβ en) το να είναι κάποιος πρόγονος κάποιου

  ancestor
     n.
     (topics en Family members) One from whom a person is descended,
  whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a
  progenitor; a forefather.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To be an ancestor of.

  ancestor
     n.
     (topics en Family members) One from whom a person is descended,
  whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a
  progenitor; a forefather.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To be an ancestor of.

  ancestor
     n.
     (topics en Family members) One from whom a person is descended,
  whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a
  progenitor; a forefather.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To be an ancestor of.

  ancestor
     n.
     (topics en Family members) One from whom a person is descended,
  whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a
  progenitor; a forefather.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To be an ancestor of.

  ancestor
     Englanti n.
     esivanhempi, esi-isä, esiäiti

  ancestor
     Engelska n.
     förfader, stamfader; person som man är släkting till i rakt
  nedstigande led

  Ancestor /ˈansɛstə/
  الجدّ

  ancestor //ˈæn.sɛs.tə// //ˈæn.sɛs.tɚ// 
  1. предше́ственик
  an earlier type
  2. праоте́ц, прароди́тел
  one from whom a person is descended

  ancestor /ˈansɛstə/
  předchůdce

  ancestor /ˈansɛstə/ 
  předek (rodový)
  

  ancestor /ˈansɛstə/ 
  praotec

  ancestor /ˈansɛstə/
  Stammvater , Vorfahre , Vorfahr , Ahne , Ahn , Ahnherr  [veraltet]  [soc.]
        "Wild cats were the progenitors/ancestors of our house cat."  - Wildkatzen waren die Vorfahren unserer Hauskatze.
     Synonym: progenitor
  
   see: progenitors, ancestors
  

  ancestor /ˈansɛstə/
  Vorläufer , Vorläuferin 
        "Latin is the precursor/ancestor of Italian and French."  - Latein ist der Vorläufer von Italienisch und Französisch.
     Synonym: progenitor
  
   see: progenitors, ancestor
  

  ancestor /ˈansɛstə/
  Vorläufer , Vorläuferinnen 
        "Latin is the precursor/ancestor of Italian and French."  - Latein ist der Vorläufer von Italienisch und Französisch.
     Synonym: progenitors
  
   see: progenitor, ancestor
  

  ancestor /ˈansɛstə/
  Altvordere 
   see: ancestors
  

  ancestor /ˈansɛstə/
  Ausgangsform 
   see: ancestors
  

  ancestor /ˈansɛstə/
  
  πρόγονος

  ancestor //ˈæn.sɛs.tə// //ˈæn.sɛs.tɚ// 
  1. esi-isä
  an earlier type
  2. esi-isä, esivanhempi
  one from whom a person is descended

  ancestor /ˈansɛstə/ 
  1. पूर्वज
        "According to some anthropologists, monkeys are ancestors of human beings."

  ancestor /ˈansɛstə/
  predak, prednik

  ancestor /ˈansɛstə/
  1. ôs
  2. elôd

  ancestor //ˈæn.sɛs.tə// //ˈæn.sɛs.tɚ// 
  leluhur, moyang
  one from whom a person is descended

  ancestor //ˈæn.sɛs.tə// //ˈæn.sɛs.tɚ// 
  1. 語源
  a word of origin
  2. 祖先
  an earlier type
  3. 祖先, 先祖
  one from whom a person is descended

  ancestor /ænsestər/ 
  1. protėvis, prosenelis
  2. prototipas
  3. (teis.) ankstesnis/buvusis savininkas

  ancestor /ˈænsəstə/ 
    przodek

  ancestor /ˈansɛstə/
  ancestral

  ancestor //ˈæn.sɛs.tə// //ˈæn.sɛs.tɚ// 
  förfader
  one from whom a person is descended

  ancestor /ˈansɛstə/
  1. cet, ata, soy sop, dede. ancestor'ial, ances'tral  ecdada ait, ecdattan  kalmış, geçmiş zamanlara ait. an'cestry  ecdat, nesep
  2. iyi aileden gelme, asalet, soyluluk.

  
/ˈænˌsɛstɝ/

  ANCESTOR, descents. One who has preceded another in a direct line of
  descent; an ascendant. In the common law, the word is understood as well of
  the immediate parents, as, of these that are higher; as may appear by the
  statute 25 Ed. III. De natis ultra mare, and so in the statute of 6 R. III.
  cap. 6, and by many others. But the civilians relations in the ascending
  line, up to the great grandfather's parents, and those above them, they
  term, majores, which common lawyers aptly expound antecessors or ancestors,
  for in the descendants of like degree they are called posteriores. Cary's
  Litt.45. The term ancestor is applied to natural persons. The words
  predecessors and successors, are used in respect to the persons composing a
  body corporate. See 2 Bl. Com. 209; Bac. Abr. h.t.; Ayl. Pand. 58.
  
  

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "ancestor":
     ancestress, announcer, antecedent, ascendant, avant-garde,
     begetter, bellwether, buccinator, bushwhacker, explorer, forebear,
     forefather, foregoer, forerunner, front runner, frontiersman,
     fugleman, grandparent, groundbreaker, guide, harbinger, herald,
     innovator, lead runner, leader, messenger, parent, pathfinder,
     pioneer, point, precedent, precursor, predecessor, premise,
     primogenitor, procreator, progenitor, progenitress, progenitrix,
     prototype, scout, stormy petrel, trailblazer, trailbreaker,
     vanguard, vaunt-courier, voortrekker
  
  

  n. 祖先,祖宗;

     n. 祖宗,祖先;动物品种的原型;被继承人