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ancestor
ancestor is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 4 senses
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- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.
- 3noun
One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir.
- 4noun
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
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