ancestor

noun/ˈænsestə/CEFR A2

পূর্বপুরুষ, পূর্বসূরি

Meaning

A person from whom you are descended, from long ago.

Example sentences

Our ancestors lived in this village.আমাদের পূর্বপুরুষেরা এই গ্রামে বাস করতেন।
He is proud of his ancestors.সে তার পূর্বপুরুষদের নিয়ে গর্বিত।
We honour our ancestors at the festival.উৎসবে আমরা আমাদের পূর্বপুরুষদের সম্মান জানাই।
Her ancestors lived in this village.তার পূর্বপুরুষরা এই গ্রামে বাস করতেন।

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms: forefather, forebear

Antonyms: descendant

Similar words, and what each means

forefather
পূর্বপুরুষ, পূর্বসূরি
A person, especially a man, who was part of your family a long time ago.
forebear
পূর্বপুরুষ
A person from whom you are descended.

Other English words for “পূর্বপুরুষ, পূর্বসূরি”

forefather
A person, especially a man, who was part of your family a long time ago.
forebear
A person from whom you are descended.
precursor
Something that comes before and leads to the development of something else.
forerunner
A person or thing that existed before and prepared the way for something later.

Opposite words

descendant
বংশধর, উত্তরপুরুষ
A person who is related to someone who lived in the past.

“ancestor” elsewhere on EnglishBD

It is an old British game of knocking down pins with a ball — the ancestor of ten-pin bowling — and it survives in the saying 'life isn't all beer and skittles'.
skittles — dictionary →
A forebear is an ancestor; to forbear is to hold back.
forebear — dictionary →

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“ancestor” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?
- • বাঁধ, বেড়িবাঁধ
- • শিক্ষানবিশির পদ, প্রশিক্ষণকাল
- • পূর্বপুরুষ, পূর্বসূরি
- • রক্ষণাবেক্ষণ
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পূর্বপুরুষ, পূর্বসূরি — ancestor (noun) — পূর্বপুরুষ, পূর্বসূরি. A person from whom you are descended, from long ago.
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forefather — forefather — পূর্বপুরুষ, পূর্বসূরি. A person, especially a man, who was part of your family a long time ago.

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