Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word ANCESTOR
ANCESTOR
Definitions of ANCESTOR
- 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.
- An earlier type; a progenitor
- (legal) One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir.
- (figuratively) One who had the same role or function in former times.
- (linguistics) A word or phrase which serves as the origin of a term in another language.
- (transitive) To be an ancestor of.
Number of letters
8
Is palindrome
No
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