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ancestor

noun

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Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent).

synonyms: antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root.

Roget 166: paternity; parentage; consanguinity etc. 11.    parent; father, sire, dad, papa, paterfamilias, abba; genitor, progenitor, ... show more

Dutch: voorloper, voorouder, stamvader, voorvader, voorvaderen, voorzaat
Polish: antenat, ascendent, przodek, wstępny


Moby thesaurus: ancestress, announcer, antecedent, ascendant, avant-garde, begetter, bellwether, buccinator, bushwhacker, explorer, forebear, forefather, foregoer, forerunner, front runner, frontiersman, fugleman, grandparent, groundbreaker, guide ... show more.

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ancestors

Moby thesaurus: antecedents, apprentice, architect, artificer, artist, ascendants, author, begetter, beginner, builder, conceiver, constructor, craftsman, creator, designer, deviser, discoverer, effector, elders, engenderer ... show more.

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