ancestor

ancestor has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. 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.
• n.. An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.
• n.. One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir.
• n.. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)