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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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forbears

English

Noun

forbears

  1. plural of forbear

Verb

forbears

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

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