Examples of 'ancestor' in a sentence
Meaning of "ancestor"
ancestor (noun) - a person from whom one is descended, especially if more remote than a grandparent; a forebear
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- One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather.
- An earlier type; a progenitor
- One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir.
- One who had the same role or function in former times.
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It was my ancestor who burned her at the stake.
Lots of them were about this ancestor of mine.
An ancestor is usually more distant than a grandparent.
Be quiet and ancestor will teach you.
Ancestor worship is therefore considered fully legitimate.
I find that ancestor pretty good looking.
Ancestor worship is prevalent among them as well.
It is the direct ancestor of the current newspaper.
Ancestor spirits were usually represented by carved figures.
It is considered the ancestor of the domestic goat.
An ancestor custom view excludes this measure.
It is likely the wild ancestor of rocoto peppers.
Your ancestor was the architect of this place.
The knife that maimed his ancestor.
That is your ancestor of a dozen generations ago.
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All because some silly ancestor wrote it.
This ancestor of yours is fifteen generations removed.
I believe that this man was his ancestor.
Your ancestor thought he could beat me as well.
We are all descended from the same ancestor.
We have an ancestor who served in the government.
The big one looks like my ancestor.
Another large ancestor statues are the adu hörö.
I am still not sure this man is my ancestor.
James is the ancestor of the present chiefs.
We inherited this scheme from a common ancestor.
Those ancestor languages are listed in alphabetical order.
So we inherited some features from our ancestor.
When your ancestor died by some oversight.
I am not yet sure if this man is my ancestor.
Villainous ancestor been living across the street.
Truly you are not the ancestor of man.
My ancestor was a war criminal or a pig farmer.
I still not know how my ancestor died.
Perhaps my ancestor did not require a lamp.
Both species were descended from a common ancestor.
I suspect your ancestor had a patron.
You might think it is easy enough to be an ancestor.
His ancestor came from the woman he wed.
There was also some form of ancestor worship.
That ancestor back then had three wives.
That is a werewolf skull and my ancestor killed it.
The fact an ancestor married a human.
This bears resemblance to modern ancestor worship.
No grave for ancestor to take care of.
Perhaps they were associated with an ancestor cult.
I think that this ancestor ended up a victim of misfortune.
Scientists recreate genome of ancient human ancestor.
I do not have any ancestor to worship.
Local people claim him as their ancestor.
