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antecessors

antecessors is the plural of antecessor.

Meaning of antecessor

Noun

antecessor (plural antecessors)

  1. (archaic) A person or thing that precedes or goes before.
    • […] the Waldenses[,] Antecessors of the Protestants1671, Joseph Glanvill, A Præfatory Answer to Mr. Henry Stubbe, London: J. Collins, p. 57
    Antonyms:
    successor
  2. (archaic) A person from whom one is descended.
    • […] some, hath iudged wrongfully
      As in reproche, of our country
      Deniyng playne, moste noble Brute
      Our antecessor our stocke and our frute.1547, Arthur Kelton, A chronycle with a genealogie declaryng that the Brittons and Welshemen are linealiye dyscended from Brute, London: Richard Grafton
    Synonyms:
    ancestor
    Antonyms:
    descendant

Questions about antecessors

What is antecessors the plural of?
Antecessors is the plural of antecessor.

Words near antecessors in the dictionary

  1. antecedents
  2. antecedes
  3. anteceding
  4. antecession
  5. antecessor
  6. antecessors
  7. antecessour
  8. antecessours
  9. antechamber
  10. antechambered
  11. antechambers

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