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Meanings of antecessor in English

Spanish
antecesor

Operation on ordinal numbers.

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        Examples for "predecessor"
        Examples for "predecessor"
        1
        Late last year her predecessor, Mark Scott, was asked the same questions.
        The Guardian
        2
        Patel is also likely to share his predecessor's good reputation among investors.
        Reuters
        3
        The government thus far has sought to distinguish itself from its predecessor.
        The Guardian
        4
        Modern overhaul The New Duster looks far more modern than its predecessor.
        The South African
        5
        The new government has, if anything, a tougher task than its predecessor.
        Reuters
        Usage of antecessor in English
        1
        This, then, is their horrid counsel and device-thateach one of their gods should kill his antecessor.
        The Great Taboo
        2
        One suggestion is that they were a species called Homo antecessor, which was known to have lived in southern Europe.
        BBC
        3
        The hominid has been identified as homo antecessor, or pioneer man, a possible ancestor of both our own species and Neanderthals.
        The Irish Times
        4
        The former holder is marked by the perfectly colourless word "ancestor" ("antecessor"), a word as yet meaning, not "forefather," but "predecessor" of any kind.
        William the Conqueror
        5
        Antecessor then gave them a horn, with some salve in it, wherewith they anointed themselves.
        Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2
        6
        He told her that she must be married first, & the Queen said she was married to Antecessor.
        The new yorker
        Translations for antecessor
        Spanish
        antecesor
        Antecessor through the time