different between ancestry vs forefathers
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
ancestry From the web:
- what ancestry is most common in the midwest
- what ancestry am i
- what ancestry dna tells you
- what ancestry kit is best
- what ancestry means
- what ancestry am i quiz
- what ancestry has green eyes
- what ancestry site is best
forefathers
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f???f??ð?z/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?f???f??ð?z/
Noun
forefathers
- plural of forefather
Translations
forefathers From the web:
- forefathers meaning
- what forefathers owned slaves
- forefathers what does it mean
- what our forefathers said are the king of england
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