Descentand vs Ancestor - What's the difference?
descentand | ancestor |
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.
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(legal) One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir.
(figuratively) One who had the same role or function in former times.
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As a noun ancestor is
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.descentand
Not English
Descentand has no English definition. It may be misspelled.English words similar to 'descentand':
descended, disjointed, dissented, discounted, disintered, descanted, decontroled, decimated, discommoded, desquamated, disjoined, disinterred, disunited, disentitled, dissonated, decondensed, decentred, decentered, disentailed, disentwined, deaconhood, discandied, discinded, disnatured, disenterred, dissundered, dogmatized, decantated, degendered, disendorsed, dikinetidancestor
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Alternative forms
* ancestour (obsolete) * auncestor (obsolete) * auncestour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Old soldiers?, passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.}}
Wolverhampton 1-2 Newcastle, passage=The Magpies are unbeaten and enjoying their best run since 1994, although few would have thought the class of 2011 would come close to emulating their ancestors .}}