One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather.
One who had the same role or function in former times.
One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir.
An earlier type; a progenitor
A word or phrase which serves as the origin of a term in another language.
To be an ancestor of.
A forebear.