Word Meaning

ancestor definition and meaning

n. 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.
n. An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.
n. One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir.

Crossword clues for ancestor

- Forebear when Anne says, "Tor, apparently"
- Forebear when Anne says, “Tor, apparently”
- Forefather
- No traces, sadly, of distant relative
- Person from whom one is descended
- Predecessor