Ancestor
31ancestor worship — noun worship of ancestors • Hypernyms: ↑worship * * * Anthropol. (in certain societies) the veneration of ancestors whose spirits are frequently held to possess the power to influence the affairs of the living. [1850 55] * * * ancestor worship,… …
32ancestor-worship — anˈcestor worship noun • • • Main Entry: ↑ancestor …
33ancestor — noun Etymology: Middle English ancestre, from Anglo French, from Latin antecessor predecessor, from antecedere to go before, from ante + cedere to go Date: 13th century 1. a. one from whom a person is descended and who is usually more remote in… …
34ancestor — any organism, population, or species from which some other organism, population, or species is descended by reproduction …
35ancestor — A person in the direct line of descent from which a subject of interest is derived (parents, grandparents, etc.; but no collaterals or descendants). leading a. in genetic counseling given to a consultand unaffected by but possibly a carrier or a… …
36ancestor — Synonyms and related words: ancestress, announcer, antecedent, ascendant, avant garde, begetter, bellwether, buccinator, bushwhacker, explorer, forebear, forefather, foregoer, forerunner, front runner, frontiersman, fugleman, grandparent,… …
37ancestor — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. progenitor, forebear, founder of the family, forefather, parent, father, mother, Sire, grandSire, forerunner, author, predecessor, originator, precursor, prototype, primogenitor, grandfather, grandmother, procreator,… …
38ancestor — sb. 428 B …
39ancestor — an·ces·tor || ænsestÉ™ n. forefather, progenitor …
40ancestor n — Ancestors the originators of the Family Tree, a remarkable sex paradox in which the Ann sisters are always the four fathers …
