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ancestors

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?n?s?s-t?z, IPA(key): /?æn.s?s.t?z/
  • (US) enPR: ?n?s?s-t?rz, IPA(key): /?æn.s?s.t?z/

Noun

ancestors

  1. plural of ancestor

Synonyms

  • forefathers

Verb

ancestors

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ancestor

Anagrams

  • Conatsers, Croatness, actorness, cantoress, sarconets, sensactor

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ancestry

English

Alternative forms

  • ancestrie (obsolete)
  • auncestrie (obsolete)
  • auncestry (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English auncestrie, from Old French ancesserie. See ancestor.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?æn.s?s.t?i/

Noun

ancestry (plural ancestries)

  1. Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.
    Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible. -Addison.
  2. A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.

Synonyms

  • provenance

Related terms

  • ancestor

Translations

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