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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)
- 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.
- 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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forbears
English
Noun
forbears
- plural of forbear
Verb
forbears
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forbear
forbears From the web:
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- forbear meaning
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- what our forebears
- definition forebears
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