English Explanatory Dictionary

antecessor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person or thing that precedes or goes before.
  2. A person from whom one is descended.

Word forms

antecessor antecessors antecessour

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English antecessour, from Anglo-Norman antecessour, Middle French antecesseur, or their etymon Latin antecessor, a compound of ante + cedo + -tor; thus a doublet of ancestor.

Synonyms

precursor predecessor ancestor

Antonyms

successor descendant

Translations

Spanish: antecesor
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