"Ancestor" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
one who has preceded an-other in a direct line of descent; a lineal ascendant
One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative
of heir.
One from whom a person is descended, whether on the
father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a
fore father.
An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is
regarded as the ancestor of the horse.
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An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; …
Read the complete definitionbánay n {1} immediate family consisting of parents and their children. {2} family consisting of ascendants, descendants, and lateral relations …
Read the complete definitionA male voice, the compass of which partakes of the common bass and the tenor, but which does not descend …
Read the complete definitionA descendant of Benjamin; one of the tribe of Benjamin.
Read the complete definitionOne of an ancient race of people, who formerly inhabited a great part of Central and Western Europe, and whose …
Read the complete definitionDescending from the same stock or ancestor, but not in the same line or branch or one from the other; …
Read the complete definitionOne of the white natives of the Bahama Islands or one of their descendants in the Florida Keys; -- so …
Read the complete definitionTo stoop or descend; to let one's self down; to submit; to waive the privilege of rank or dignity; to …
Read the complete definitionTo come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or station; to lower or abase …
Read the complete definitionOne who descends, as offspring, however remotely; -- correlative to ancestor or ascendant.
Read the complete definitionOne who is descended from another; a person who proceeds from the body of another, such as a child, grandchild, …
Read the complete definitionOne who descends.
Read the complete definitionFrom a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line.
Read the complete definitionOne of the descendants of Esau or Edom, the brother of Jacob; an Idumean.
Read the complete definitionDerivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent; birth; the stock from which one has descended.
Read the complete definitionThose who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family …
Read the complete definitionAn ancient writ in Eng-lish law which was available for one who had a right to lands or tenements by …
Read the complete definitionAn appellative of Abraham or of one of his descendants, esp. in the line of Jacob; an Israelite; a Jew.
Read the complete definitionA blending of property for equality of division, as when lands given in frank-marriage to one daughter were, after the …
Read the complete definitionTo take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an …
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