Definition of Ancestar
An"ces*tor (&?;), n. [OE. ancestre,
auncestre, also ancessour; the first forms fr. OF.
ancestre, F. ancêtre, fr. the L. nom. antessor
one who goes before; the last form fr. OF. ancessor, fr. L. acc.
antecessorem, fr. antecedere to go before; ante before
+ cedere to go. See Cede, and cf. Antecessor.]
1. 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.
2. (Biol.) An earlier type; a progenitor;
as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the
horse.
3. (Law) One from whom an estate has
descended; -- the correlative of heir.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 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.
- (Biology) An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.
- (Law) One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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