Ancestor and Standard

Ancestor

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

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

Nearby Words: ancestry, ancestral, ancestress

Standard noun - Something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared.

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Ancestor and standard are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ancestor" instead a noun "Standard".

good	good ancestor	good standard
female	female ancestor	female standard
common	common ancestor	common standard
original	original ancestor	original standard
Other adjectives: actual, male, great, main, universal, roman, European.

One of Field's victims was white to any standard of appearance, but had a distant ancestor who was a slave.

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