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   ancestry

   /ˈansɛstri/

   noun

   • 1. one's family or ethnic descent: "he was proud of his Irish ancestry"
   • ▪ the evolutionary or genetic line of descent of an animal or plant: "the ancestry of the rose is extremely complicated"
   • 2. the origin or background of something: "the book traces the ancestry of women's poetry"

   Word Origin Middle English: alteration of Old French ancesserie, from ancestre (see ancestor).

   Scrabble Points: 13

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › ancestryAncestry Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of ANCESTRY is line of descent : lineage; especially : honorable, noble, or aristocratic descent. How to use ancestry in a sentence.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishANCESTRY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   ANCESTRY definition: 1. your ancestors who lived a long time ago, or the origin of your family: 2. your ancestors who…. Learn more.

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › ancestryANCESTRY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   ANCESTRY meaning: 1. your ancestors who lived a long time ago, or the origin of your family: 2. your ancestors who…. Learn more.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › ancestryANCESTRY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   noun Word forms: plural -tries. 1. family or ancestral descent; lineage. 2. honorable or distinguished descent. famous by title and ancestry. 3. a series of ancestors. His ancestry settled Utah.

6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › ancestryAncestry - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   Ancestry is basically a history of ancestors, a trail of where your family started and all the descendants that followed. But ancestry goes much further than just your great-great-grand uncle's brother.

7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definitionancestry noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage ...

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   ancestry. noun. /ˈænsestri/. /ˈænsestri/. [countable, usually singular, uncountable] (plural ancestries) the family or the group of people that you come from. to have Scottish ancestry. He was able to trace his ancestry back over 1 000 years.

8. www.oed.com › dictionary › ancestry_nancestry, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...

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   There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun ancestry. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.