ANCESTOR
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An"ces*tor (&unr_;), n. [OE. ancestre, auncestre, also ancessour; the first forms fr. OF. ancestre, F. anc&ê;tre, 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.
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2. (Biol.) An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.
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3. (Law) One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir.
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