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معنى كلمة ancestor بالعربي

سلف / جد

النطق: /ˈæn.sɛs.tɚ/ | /ˈæn.sɛs.tə/

مستوى الكلمة: B1

ancestor

An ancestor is a family member from the past.

My ancestors came from Germany.

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.
This fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.
Some of the descendants of this cyclopean ancestor left their burrows and started to swim.
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.
Her own grandfather had been a Virginian, a descendant of Pocahontas, of course, Pocahontas having been created by Divine Providence for the specific purpose of ancestoring Virginians.

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