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A person, typically one more remote than a grandparent, from whom one is descended
“As Adrien perused Charles's journals, meticulously going through every page, he got to know his famous ancestor as much as he knew the other members of his family.”
An early version of a machine, system, etc.
“This ancestor of the modern smartphone was capable of making phone calls, faxing, text messaging, and e-mailing.”
One's family or ethnic descent
A father of someone's parent
The necessary basis for something to develop
A mother of someone's parent
A woman in relation to her child or children
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