ancestor

[ an-ses-ter or, especially British, -suh-ster ]

/ ˈæn sɛs tər or, especially British, -sə stər /

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noun

a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.

Biology. the actual or hypothetical form or stock from which an organism has developed or descended.

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.

Law. a person from whom an heir derives an inheritance.

Origin of ancestor

1250–1300; Middle English ancestre<Old French (with t developed between s and r) <Latin antecessorantecessor

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH ancestor

ancestor , descendant

Words nearby ancestor

anbury, ANC, Ancaeus, Ancaster, -ance, ancestor, ancestor worship, ancestral, ancestress, ancestry, Anchises

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Example sentences from the Web for ancestor

An analysis of molecular alterations in mitochondrial DNA samples indicated that two maternal lineages had split from a common ancestor between about 86,000 and 22,000 years ago.
Climate change, not hunters, may have killed off woolly rhinos|Bruce Bower|August 13, 2020|Science News
Eventually alien biologists in these places might concern themselves with a tree of life incorporating multiple planetary incubators, and their genome-mapping companies would tell you who your planetary ancestors were.
How Life Could Continue to Evolve - Issue 88: Love & Sex|Caleb Scharf|August 12, 2020|Nautilus
None of the matings in any of the generations are between individuals with a common ancestor.
How to Design (or at Least Model) Mixed Dog Breeds|Pradeep Mutalik|July 31, 2020|Quanta Magazine
While BigDog is the ancestor of later four-legged robots, like Spot, Petman preceded the two-legged Atlas robot.
The Robot Revolution Was Televised: Our All-Time Favorite Boston Dynamics Robot Videos|Jason Dorrier|July 19, 2020|Singularity Hub

Proof that the handedness of particles really can mutate microbes would strengthen their case that cosmic rays shoved our ancestors off the evolutionary starting block, but it still wouldn’t fully explain the uniform chirality of life on Earth.
Cosmic Rays May Explain Life’s Bias for Right-Handed DNA|Charlie Wood|June 29, 2020|Quanta Magazine
It is possible to name an ancestor to this obsessive-compulsive noir: David Lynch.
‘True Detective,’ Obsessive-Compulsive Noir, and ‘Twin Peaks’|Jimmy So|March 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Soon after he was seen stumping for the Assad regime in his ancestor's conflagrated homeland.
Abdel el-Zabayar: From Parliament to the Frontlines|Mac Margolis|September 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Schiele is, if nothing else, an ancestor of the best in long-legged fashion illustration.
Might Hef Have Approved?|Blake Gopnik|November 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
So a story prefigures Light in August, just as an ancestor precedes a descendant.
C.E. Morgan: ‘Light in August’ is Faulkner’s Great American Novel|C.E. Morgan|August 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST
That "digital" gesture is a reminder that weavings are the ancestor of today's computer-treated images.
Hand-Knotted Pixels|Blake Gopnik|June 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
On the last page of the chapter he again saw the name of his ancestor, Autiel Duryea.
Doom of the House of Duryea|Earl Peirce
All I said was that if he had been my ancestor instead of yours, you would have called him a hangman.
The Opinions of a Philosopher|Robert Grant
Thus, ancestor cult also began with the cult of animals, not with that of human ancestors.
Elements of Folk Psychology|Wilhelm Wundt
If you do, you represent the woman whom my ancestor loved, and you are closely related to Jessie Floyd.
True and Other Stories|George Parsons Lathrop
Either the soul of an ancestor or that of a protective being is regarded as incorporated in the animal.
Elements of Folk Psychology|Wilhelm Wundt

British Dictionary definitions for ancestor

ancestor

/ (ˈænsɛstə) /

noun

(often plural) a person from whom another is directly descended, esp someone more distant than a grandparent; forefather

an early type of animal or plant from which a later, usually dissimilar, type has evolved

a person or thing regarded as a forerunner of a later person or thingthe ancestor of the modern camera

Derived forms of ancestor

ancestress, fem n

Word Origin for ancestor

C13: from Old French ancestre, from Late Latin antecēssor one who goes before, from Latin antecēdere; see antecede

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	ancestor
释义	ancestor [ an-ses-ter or, especially British, -suh-ster ] / ˈæn sɛs tər or, especially British, -sə stər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ancestor ON THESAURUS.COM noun a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor. Biology. the actual or hypothetical form or stock from which an organism has developed or descended. 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. Law. a person from whom an heir derives an inheritance. Origin of ancestor 1250–1300; Middle English ancestre<Old French (with t developed between s and r) <Latin antecessorantecessor WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH ancestor ancestor , descendant Words nearby ancestor anbury, ANC, Ancaeus, Ancaster, -ance, ancestor, ancestor worship, ancestral, ancestress, ancestry, Anchises Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ancestor An analysis of molecular alterations in mitochondrial DNA samples indicated that two maternal lineages had split from a common ancestor between about 86,000 and 22,000 years ago. Climate change, not hunters, may have killed off woolly rhinos\|Bruce Bower\|August 13, 2020\|Science News Eventually alien biologists in these places might concern themselves with a tree of life incorporating multiple planetary incubators, and their genome-mapping companies would tell you who your planetary ancestors were. How Life Could Continue to Evolve - Issue 88: Love & Sex\|Caleb Scharf\|August 12, 2020\|Nautilus None of the matings in any of the generations are between individuals with a common ancestor. How to Design (or at Least Model) Mixed Dog Breeds\|Pradeep Mutalik\|July 31, 2020\|Quanta Magazine While BigDog is the ancestor of later four-legged robots, like Spot, Petman preceded the two-legged Atlas robot. The Robot Revolution Was Televised: Our All-Time Favorite Boston Dynamics Robot Videos\|Jason Dorrier\|July 19, 2020\|Singularity Hub Proof that the handedness of particles really can mutate microbes would strengthen their case that cosmic rays shoved our ancestors off the evolutionary starting block, but it still wouldn’t fully explain the uniform chirality of life on Earth. Cosmic Rays May Explain Life’s Bias for Right-Handed DNA\|Charlie Wood\|June 29, 2020\|Quanta Magazine It is possible to name an ancestor to this obsessive-compulsive noir: David Lynch. ‘True Detective,’ Obsessive-Compulsive Noir, and ‘Twin Peaks’\|Jimmy So\|March 14, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Soon after he was seen stumping for the Assad regime in his ancestor's conflagrated homeland. Abdel el-Zabayar: From Parliament to the Frontlines\|Mac Margolis\|September 15, 2013\|DAILY BEAST Schiele is, if nothing else, an ancestor of the best in long-legged fashion illustration. Might Hef Have Approved?\|Blake Gopnik\|November 13, 2012\|DAILY BEAST So a story prefigures Light in August, just as an ancestor precedes a descendant. C.E. Morgan: ‘Light in August’ is Faulkner’s Great American Novel\|C.E. Morgan\|August 16, 2012\|DAILY BEAST That "digital" gesture is a reminder that weavings are the ancestor of today's computer-treated images. Hand-Knotted Pixels\|Blake Gopnik\|June 11, 2012\|DAILY BEAST On the last page of the chapter he again saw the name of his ancestor, Autiel Duryea. Doom of the House of Duryea\|Earl Peirce All I said was that if he had been my ancestor instead of yours, you would have called him a hangman. The Opinions of a Philosopher\|Robert Grant Thus, ancestor cult also began with the cult of animals, not with that of human ancestors. Elements of Folk Psychology\|Wilhelm Wundt If you do, you represent the woman whom my ancestor loved, and you are closely related to Jessie Floyd. True and Other Stories\|George Parsons Lathrop Either the soul of an ancestor or that of a protective being is regarded as incorporated in the animal. Elements of Folk Psychology\|Wilhelm Wundt British Dictionary definitions for ancestor ancestor / (ˈænsɛstə) / noun (often plural) a person from whom another is directly descended, esp someone more distant than a grandparent; forefather an early type of animal or plant from which a later, usually dissimilar, type has evolved a person or thing regarded as a forerunner of a later person or thingthe ancestor of the modern camera Derived forms of ancestor ancestress, fem n Word Origin for ancestor C13: from Old French ancestre, from Late Latin antecēssor one who goes before, from Latin antecēdere; see antecede Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to ancestor forebear, founder, forefather, antecedent, ascendant, precursor, forerunner, progenitor, foremother, primogenitor, antecessor, foregoer
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ancestor

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