English noun: ancestry |
1. | ancestry (group) the descendants of one individual |
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| Samples | His entire lineage has been warriors.
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| Synonyms | blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock |
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| Broader (hypernym) | family tree, genealogy |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept, side |
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2. | ancestry (attribute) inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline |
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| Synonyms | derivation, filiation, lineage |
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| Broader (hypernym) | hereditary pattern, inheritance |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bloodline, descent, extraction, origin, pedigree |
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| Attribute | crossbred, purebred |
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