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Definition of ancestor noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and ... Togglenavigation Redeem Upgrade Help Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Redeem Upgrade Help TOP English English AmericanEnglish AcademicEnglish Collocations PracticalEnglishUsage German-English English-German English AmericanEnglish Entersearchtext DefinitionofancestornounfromtheOxfordAdvancedLearner'sDictionary ancestornoun  /ˈænsestə(r)/ /ˈænsestər/ jumptootherresults  apersoninyourfamilywholivedalongtimeagosynonymforebearHisancestorshadcometoAmericafromIreland.WordfinderancestorbranchdescentdynastyfamilytreegenealogygenerationinheritrelationtraceExtraExamplesHecantracehisancestorsbacktothereignofElizabethI.HeclaimsashisliteraryancestorssuchgiantsasHenryJamesandWilliamFaulkner.Ourearliestancestorslivedinaworldfraughtwithdanger.TheRomansbuiltthesemonumentstoglorifytheirillustriousancestors.Thebuilderofthehousewasadirectancestorofthepresentowner.Thetwospeciesshareacommonancestor.Theyhonour/​honortheirancestorsandbelieveinthespiritsofnature.adistantancestorofmineTopicsFamilyandrelationshipsb2,Historyb2OxfordCollocationsDictionaryadjectivedirectimmediateancient…verb+ancestorbedescendedfromhaveshare…Seefullentry Questionsaboutgrammarandvocabulary? FindtheanswerswithPracticalEnglishUsageonline,yourindispensableguidetoproblemsinEnglish. Joinus JoinourcommunitytoaccessthelatestlanguagelearningandassessmenttipsfromOxfordUniversityPress! Definitionsonthego Lookupanywordinthedictionaryoffline,anytime,anywherewiththeOxfordAdvancedLearner’sDictionaryapp. Wanttolearnmore? FindoutwhichwordsworktogetherandproducemorenaturalsoundingEnglishwiththeOxfordCollocationsDictionaryapp.  ananimalthatlivedinthepastthatamodernanimalhasdevelopedfromareptilethatwasthecommonancestoroflizardsandturtlesOxfordCollocationsDictionaryadjectivedirectimmediateancient…verb+ancestorbedescendedfromhaveshare…Seefullentry  anearlyformofamachinethatlaterbecamemoredevelopedsynonymforerunnerTheancestorofthemodernbicyclewascalledapenny-farthing.comparedescendantWordOriginMiddleEnglish:fromOldFrenchancestre,fromLatinantecessor,fromantecedere,fromante‘before’+cedere‘go’.SeeancestorintheOxfordAdvancedAmericanDictionarySeeancestorintheOxfordLearner'sDictionaryofAcademicEnglishCheckpronunciation: ancestor Nearbywords ANCabbreviation -ancesuffix ancestornoun ancestraladjective ancestrynoun equivalent noun     FromtheWordlist OPALspokenwords OxfordLearner'sDictionariesWordoftheDay