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English noun: ancestor

1. ancestor (person) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)


Synonymsantecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root


Broader (hypernym)relation, relative


Narrower (hyponym)ancestress, father, forbear, forebear, forefather, foremother, primogenitor, progenitor, sire


Antonymsdescendant, descendent









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