ancestral
/ænˈsɛs.təɹ.əl/ sustantivo C2En español: antepasado, ancestro
- An ancestor or forbear.
- A descendant of one's ancestors.
- An elderly relative.
- A genetic precursor.
- A forerunner; One who was involved in an earlier version of something.
- An earlier version of something.
- The spirit of one's ancestor.
- One who follows, honors, or is attracted to an ancestral tradition.
Plural ancestrals
De la biblioteca
Roylott then abandoned his attempts to establish himself in practice in London and took us to live with him in the old ancestral house at Stoke Moran.
His first act was to establish himself as near to his ancestral home as he could, and his second was to cultivate a friendship with Sir Charles Baskerville and with the neighbours.
This particular phrasing sounds highly unusual to outsiders, yet it perfectly captures the underlying syntax of the ancestral tongue.
This diplomatic leverage proved paramount when the explorers reached the ancestral lands of the Shoshone, where they desperately required horses to traverse the daunting Bitterroot Mountains.
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