Antecessor Definition

ăntĭ-sĕsər
noun
One who precedes; a predecessor.
American Heritage
A predecessor.
Webster's New World
1890, Grant Allen, The Great Taboo.
This, then, is their horrid counsel and device--that each one of their gods should kill his antecessor.
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Other Word Forms of Antecessor

Noun

Singular:
antecessor
Plural:
antecessors

Origin of Antecessor

  • Middle English antecessour forebear from Latin antecessor forerunner, predecessor in office from antecessus past participle of antecēdere to go before antecede

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin antecessor

    From Wiktionary

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