Ancient and Ancestor

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Ancient noun - A person of advanced years.

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

Nearby Word: anciently

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

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Ancient and ancestor are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ancient" instead a noun "Ancestor".

Nearby Words: ancestry, ancestral, ancestress

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