Found 3 items, similar to ancestor.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: ancestor bebet, nenek moyang
English → English (WordNet) Definition: ancestor ancestor n : someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) [syn: ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root] [ant: descendant]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Ancestor Ancestor \An"ces*tor\, n. [OE. ancestre, auncestre, also ancessour; the first forms fr. OF. ancestre, F. anc[^e]tre, fr. the L. nom. antessor one who goes before; the last form fr. OF. ancessor, fr. L. acc. antecessorem, fr. antecedere to go before; ante before + cedere to go. See Cede, and cf. Antecessor.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse. [1913 Webster] 3. (Law) One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir. [1913 Webster]