What does the word ancestor mean?
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A forefather.
 
Part of speech: noun
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Usage examples for ancestor
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" Only our first ancestor knows," he replied. – The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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She was standing at the window looking out across the bay on the far shore of which stands the little town of Kilmore, from which my ancestor, who was a Union peer, took his title. – The Red Hand of Ulster by George A. Birmingham