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antecessor

Word definitions for antecessor in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Antecessor \An`te*ces"sor\, n. [L., fr. antecedere, antecessum. See Antecede , Ancestor .] One who goes before; a predecessor. The successor seldom prosecuting his antecessor's devices. --Sir E. Sandys. An ancestor; a progenitor. [Obs.]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context obsolete English) predecessor

Usage examples of antecessor.

Then came (among many others) Homo ergaster, Homo louisleakeyi, Homo rudolfensis, Homo microcranus, and Homo antecessor, as well as a raft of australopithecines: A.

In between, and depending on which opinions you value, there have been half a dozen other Homo species: Homo ergaster, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo rudolfensis, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo erectus, and Homo antecessor.