Antonyms for ancestry
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : an-ses-tree or, esp. British, -suh-stree |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈæn sɛs tri or, esp. British, -sə stri |
Definition of ancestry
Origin :- early 14c., from Old French ancesserie "ancestry, ancestors, forefathers," from ancestre (see ancestor); spelling modified in English by influence of ancestor.
- noun family predecessors; family history
- His ancestry is among the most honorable known in American society.
- Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
- If you study your characteristics and talents 26 you find that they repeat those of your ancestry.
- Extract from : « Almost A Man » by Mary Wood-Allen
- We were shunned everywhere by both races from which we trace our ancestry.
- Extract from : « Lords of the Stratosphere » by Arthur J. Burks
- Think not I am going to say that you put to shame in any way your ancestry—far from it.
- Extract from : « Anabasis » by Xenophon
- Still, for all this irritating abuse Vulp had only himself and his ancestry to blame.
- Extract from : « Creatures of the Night » by Alfred W. Rees
- I envy you what smacks of a race, a name, an ancestry, a lineage.
- Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
- He had heard of the vast domains of his ancestry, from his cradle.
- Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever
- Historically, we need not accept this identity of the Clemens ancestry.
- Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
- Clemens, and Phelps too, it seems, felt overshadowed by this ancestry.
- Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
- It was at once a recognition of himself and his ancestry for generations back.
- Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
Synonyms for ancestry
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