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Hip Glossary: Ancestor

Ancestor:Ancestor

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.


2.
(Biol.) An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.