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      ancestors

      noun

      Stress: first syllable

      Syllables: an-ces-tors (3)
      English Definition

      People from whom one is descended.

      Example Sentence

      Our ancestors lived in this village.

      US IPA /ˈæn.ses.tɚz/
      UK IPA /ˈæn.ses.təz/

      Synonyms

      forefathers predecessors progenitors antecedents

      Antonyms

      descendants posterity
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