Ancestor and Race

Ancestor

Ancestor noun - A person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent.

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Race and ancestor are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Race" instead a noun "Ancestor".

Nearby Words: ancestry, ancestral, ancestress

Race noun - A group of persons who come from the same ancestor.

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Ancestor and race are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ancestor" instead a noun "Race".

Nearby Words: raced, racing, racist, racism, racer

known	known ancestor	known race
good	good ancestor	good race
female	female ancestor	female race
perfect	perfect ancestor	perfect race
Other adjectives: complete, alien, original, dead, single, powerful, actual, main, primitive, famous, white, ancient, mysterious, last, older, playable, non-human.

Congratulations, due to the father of your race cursing your ancestor in exchange for giving the Icarii the gift of flight, you can't find everlasting happiness with anyone outside of your family.

Source: Literature / The Wayfarer Redemption
Caesar from the original Planet of the Apes series was born when his parents traveled back in time, and he essentially became their distant ancestor as well as the forefather of the ape race.

Source: My Own Grampa
While visiting Rome, Marty accepts a race against Biff's Roman ancestor Bifficus after he calls Marty a chicken.

Source: Series Continuity Error / Western Animation

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