"antecessour" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /anˌtɛsɛˈsuːr/ (note: after French), /ˌantɛˈsɛsur/ (note: after Latin) Forms: antecessours [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Anglo-Norman antecessour, Middle French antecesseur, or their etymon Latin antecessor, a compound of ante + cedo + -tor; thus a doublet of auncessour and auncestre. First attested in c. 1400. Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|xno|antecessour}} Borrowed from Anglo-Norman antecessour, {{bor|enm|frm|antecesseur}} Middle French antecesseur, {{glossary|etymon}} etymon, {{der|enm|la|antecessor}} Latin antecessor, {{glossary|compound}} compound, {{com+|la|ante|cedo|-tor|nocap=1|nocat=1}} compound of ante + cedo + -tor, {{doublet|enm|auncessour|auncestre|nocap=1}} doublet of auncessour and auncestre, {{etydate|c|1400}} First attested in c. 1400 Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|var=}} antecessour, {{enm-noun|antecessours}} antecessour (plural antecessours)
  1. A predecessor; an officeholder preceding a person.
    Sense id: en-antecessour-enm-noun-olUr~MF8 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 23 40 37
  2. An ancestor or progenitor; someone that a person is descended from.
    Sense id: en-antecessour-enm-noun-n8SG2jZQ Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Family members Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 23 40 37 Disambiguation of Family members: 41 59

Inflected forms

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      "word": "antecessor"
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    ],
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      "cedo",
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    ],
    [
      "-tor",
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    ],
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      "auncessour",
      "auncessour#Middle_English"
    ],
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      "auncestre",
      "auncestre#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "c.",
      "circa"
    ]
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      "note": "after French"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˌantɛˈsɛsur/",
      "note": "after Latin"
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    "Middle English terms derived from Anglo-Norman",
    "Middle English terms derived from Latin",
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      "cedo",
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      "-tor",
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    ],
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      "auncessour",
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    },
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      },
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "A predecessor; an officeholder preceding a person."
      ],
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          "officeholder",
          "officeholder"
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        "An ancestor or progenitor; someone that a person is descended from."
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        ],
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/anˌtɛsɛˈsuːr/",
      "note": "after French"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌantɛˈsɛsur/",
      "note": "after Latin"
    }
  ],
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