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Noun: ancestor  an-ses-tu(r)
  1. Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
    - ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root
     
  2. An earlier form from which a later form evolved

Derived forms: ancestors

Type of: flesh and blood, relation, relative

Antonym: descendant

Encyclopedia: Ancestor

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