antecessor
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antecessor
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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.
noun antecessors · antecessour
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A person or thing that precedes or goes before.
1671, Joseph Glanvill, A Præfatory Answer to Mr. Henry Stubbe, London: J. Collins, p. 57,
[…] the Waldenses[,] Antecessors of the Protestants
Similar: precursor, predecessor · Opposite: successor
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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.
Similar: ancestor · Opposite: descendant
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Talk about this word "antecessor." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/antecessor. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. antecessor. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/antecessor "antecessor." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/antecessor.Cite this
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title = {antecessor},
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