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ancestor

A2 noun

ancestor /ˈæn.sɛs.tɚ/ nghĩa là tổ tiên

Các nghĩa

  1. tổ tiên

    One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather; a forebear.

    My ancestor was a Mongolian horseman.

    English and German share a common ancestor.

    All humans on Earth are descended from a common ancestor.

  2. thủy tổ

    An earlier type; a progenitor.

    This fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.

    Some of the descendants of this cyclopean ancestor left their burrows and started to swim.

  3. tổ tiên để lại di sản

    One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir.

  4. bậc tiền bối

    One who had the same role or function in former times.

    figuratively

  5. từ nguyên

    A word or phrase which serves as the origin of a term in another language.

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