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"Ancestor" Definition

noun

A forerunner or predecessor.
A person from whom one is descended, especially if more remote than a grandparent; a forebear.
Biology The actual or hypothetical organism or stock from which later kinds evolved.
Law The person from whom an estate has been inherited.
One from whom a person is descended and who is usually more remote in the line of descent than a grandparent.