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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an ancestor in the direct line;
[syn: progenitor, primogenitor]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Progenitor \Pro*gen"i*tor\, n. [OF. progeniteur, L. progenitor,
   fr. progignere, progenitum, to bring forth, to beget; pro
   forth + gignere to beget. See Gender kind.]
   An ancestor in the direct line; a forefather.
   [1913 Webster]

         And reverence thee their great progenitor. --Milton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

progenitor
    n 1: an ancestor in the direct line [syn: progenitor,
         primogenitor]