- pronunciation:
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noun |
| definition 1: |
An ancestor is a person of your family who lived a long time before you were born. The grandmother of your grandmother is one of your ancestors.
Amy's ancestors came to America from China more than a hundred years ago.- similar words:
- father, parent
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| definition 2: |
An ancestor is a living thing from a very long time ago that is related to a living thing that is on the earth now. Over time, many changes occurred to the ancestor so that it developed into the living thing that it is now.
It's hard to believe that these animals that seem very different developed from a common ancestor.- similar words:
- father, mother
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| related words: |
family |
The word
ancestor comes from a Latin word that means "to go before."