ancestry
11ancestry — /an ses tree/ or, esp. Brit., / seuh stree/, n., pl. ancestries. 1. family or ancestral descent; lineage. 2. honorable or distinguished descent: famous by title and ancestry. 3. a series of ancestors: His ancestry settled Utah. 4. the inception… …
12ancestry — an|ces|try [ æn,sestri ] noun singular or uncount the people related to you who lived a long time ago: They could trace their ancestry back to the 16th century. a family of Danish ancestry …
13ancestry — [[t]æ̱nsestri[/t]] ancestries N COUNT: usu with supp Your ancestry is the fact that you are descended from certain people. ...a family who could trace their ancestry back to the sixteenth century …
14ancestry — UK [ˈænsestrɪ] / US [ˈænˌsestrɪ] noun [singular/uncountable] the people related to you who lived a long time ago They could trace their ancestry back to the 16th century. His family was of Danish ancestry …
15ancestry — noun /ˈæn.sɛs.tɹi/ a) Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent. Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible. Addison. b) A series of ancestors or progenitors;… …
16ancestry — Synonyms and related words: affiliation, agnate, agnation, alliance, aristocracy, aristocraticalness, birth, blood, blood relation, blood relationship, blood relative, blue blood, breed, breeding, brotherhood, brothership, clansman, cognate,… …
17ancestry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Series of ancestors Nouns 1. (family history) ancestry, paternity, maternity, origins, background, parentage, breeding; house, stem, trunk, branch, tree, roots, stock, stirps, pedigree, lineage, blood,… …
18ancestry — noun (plural ancestries) a person s ancestors or ethnic descent: her Irish ancestry …
19ancestry — noun (countable usually singular, uncountable) the members of your family who lived a long time ago: of French/Scottish etc ancestry (=having ancestors who were French, Scottish etc) …
20ancestry — noun our Polish ancestry Syn: ancestors, forebears, forefathers, progenitors, antecedents; family tree; lineage, parentage, genealogy, descent, roots, stock, line …
