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ascendiente — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ascendancy noun The quality of being in the ascendant; dominant control, supremacy.
  • forefather noun An ancestor.

Senses

ascendiente is used for these senses in English:

  • ascendancy The quality of being in the ascendant; dominant control, supremacy.
  • forefather An ancestor.

ascendancy — full definition

  1. noun The quality of being in the ascendant; dominant control, supremacy.
  2. noun Ellipsis of Protestant Ascendancy, a class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century.
  3. noun A quantitative attribute of an ecosystem, defined as a function of the ecosystem's trophic network, and intended to indicate its ability to prevail against disturbance by virtue of its combined organization and size.

forefather — full definition

  1. noun An ancestor.
  2. noun A cultural ancestor; one who originated an idea or tradition.

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