slovo | definícia |
ancestry (mass) | ancestry
- pôvod |
ancestry (encz) | ancestry,původ n: Zdeněk Brož |
Ancestry (gcide) | Ancestry \An"ces*try\, n. [Cf. OF. ancesserie. See Ancestor.]
1. Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth
or honorable descent.
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Title and ancestry render a good man more
illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible.
--Addison.
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2. A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those
who compose the line of natural descent.
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ancestry (wn) | ancestry
n 1: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has
been warriors" [syn: lineage, line, line of descent,
descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree,
ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock]
2: inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
[syn: ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
Ancestry (gcide) | Ancestry \An"ces*try\, n. [Cf. OF. ancesserie. See Ancestor.]
1. Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth
or honorable descent.
[1913 Webster]
Title and ancestry render a good man more
illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible.
--Addison.
[1913 Webster]
2. A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those
who compose the line of natural descent.
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