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Word: Ancestor
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French ancestre, from Latin antecessor, from antecedere, from ante ‘before’ + cedere ‘go’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈansɛstə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a person, typically one more remote than a grandparent, from whom one is descended
Short Definition:person from whom one is descended
Examples:- he could trace his ancestors back to James the First
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