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
Example sentences :
  • 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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